Xedio Browse User Manual
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1. 29 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B August 2013 3 3 9 Loading Media on the Player Window You can proceed in different ways to load a media or a virtual media on the Player e Drag the virtual media from the Virtual Media pane to the Player window 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 42 00 01 57 12 Thumb In Thumb Out ClassList mn YirtualMedia__101028h or drag the media or the virtual media resulted from a search from the Media tab to the Player window 123071 NG W 00 07 1 3 19 Ts Xedio_EVS XTAcce Description for Clear 6 11 2010 12 16 47 30 04 2012 16 55 05 XT Chip 110 Inou29 17 2009 193205 14 10 2011 15 57 53 a 111A XT Clip 111 110 2010 14 58 23 0 2011 15 57 54 ss Undefined 3338 AT Clip 333 inou24 17 2009 14 48 56 14 10 2011 15 57 53 30 3 Player a USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Browse lt V l 3 3 6 3 Player e From the Media tab double click the media to load or from the Virtual Media pane double click the virtual media to load At the same time the Tabs Pane will switch to the Virtual Media Properties tab Play Media in the Additional Player It is also possible to load media or virtual media on an additional Player window To do so right click on a media or virtual media and select Play from the contextual menu The media or virtual media cannot be modified using this player but can be viewed while another piece of media is still loaded within the Player pane2. ta Meanin Display 9 The Show Hide Filter button is gray when all filter criteria are hidden Consequently the filters are inactive gray Ku The Show Hide Filter button is colored when the Advanced Search area is visible even if no filtering criterion is applied colored Criteria Combination Field The first field under the Show Hide Filter button lists three options for the combination of criteria to be taken into account during the filtering operation ALL Criteria are met MO Criteria le met 2 Tabs Pane Sq aa USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Browse a V l 2 Tabs Pane Option Meaning ALL criteria All the criteria selected in the Filter fields displayed under the Criteria are met Combination field must be met The media displayed in the Elements grid fulfill all the selected filter criteria ANY criteria Atleast one of the criteria selected in the Filter fields must be met is met The media displayed in the Elements grid fulfill at least one of the selected filter criteria NO criteria None of the criteria selected in the Filter fields displayed under the is met Criteria Combination field must be met The media displayed in the Elements grid fulfill none of the selected filter criteria Search Parameters List The second field gives access to the list of available advanced search parameters Click the arrow next to the field to display the list Users are then able to add as many search fields as need
3. P TE mal FER aa ES A A A A GB SA Rts mik El on e de Er En Ei phate Tsai Son o 2306891 9 55 STERBEN E E To start or stop the playout click within the video area of the window or press the Space bar The Media and Jog bars at the bottom of the window can be used as in the Player pane See section Media Bar and Jog Bar on page 27 The video and audio tools can be used as described in section Video and Audio Monitoring Tools on page 24 31 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B August 2013 4 Virtual Media Pane 4 1 Introduction Thumb Out ClassList gt In uration Creation Date Shooting Date Published Description VirtualMedia pge 0002 VirtualMedia pge 0003 00 00 00 13 As soon as a virtual media has been created it appears in the list of the Virtual Media pane To display the list of virtual media associated to a media select the media in the Media tab of the Tabs pane Virtual media items are displayed in columns Some of the details can be edited from here others are only for information Double click the label of an unpublished virtual media to enable text entry or update in the cell A virtual media can be loaded on the Player pane as explained in section Loading Media on the Player Window on page 30 4 2 Virtual Media List Display 4 2 1 Displayed Columns It is possible to re arrange the columns order and to add or remove some columns Right clicking on any
4. Play Media in the Additional Player on page 31 34 4 Virtual Media Pane Sq aa USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Browse V l 9 5 Menu Bar Menu Bar Several commands are available from the Menu Bar at the top of the Xedio Browse window A logbook can be displayed by selecting the View gt Logbook bar option This gives information about operations performed when using the Xedio Browse application The versions of the installed applications are available from the Help gt About option 35 al i a V E To learn more about EVS go to www evs com Corporate 32 4 361 7000 North amp Latin America 1 973 575 7811 EVS Headquarters Asia 8 Pacific Liege Science Park 852 2914 2501 16 rue Bois St Jean B 4102 Seraing Other regional offices Belgium www evs com contact EVS Broadcast Equipment is continuously adapting and improving Its products in accordance with the ever changing requirements of the Broadcast Industry The data contained herein is therefore subject to change without prior notice Companies and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies
5. 4 35 B August 2013 1 3 Overview of the Xedio Browse Window Illustration The Xedio Browse window contains the areas highlighted on the screenshot below Note The color of some user interface elements may vary with the Xedio skin installed N 2 1 Introduction Sq aa USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Browse V l 1 Introduction Area Description The table below describes the various parts of the Xedio Browse window Part Name Description iL Player This is used to play media loaded from the Tabs pane or virtual media Pane loaded from the Virtual Media pane The Player pane is used together with the Tabs pane to create virtual media Everything that is outside the video content has the skin color Video such as letterboxed or pillarboxed video will show black bars as these mattes are part of the video signal 2 Tabs The Tabs pane contains two tabs Pane The Media tab displays the list of media available in the Xedio database This is used to select the media to load in the Player pane It has the same powerful filtering and search attributes as other parts of the Xedio Suite of applications allowing to easily find the required material The Virtual Media Properties tab displays the properties and metadata of the media or virtual media loaded on the Player pane This is also used to create virtual media within the original file and assign it specific metadata J Virtual The Virtual Media pane gives the list of th
6. be able to use those four buttons User Interface Button A grey grey Operation Remove 1 frame from Mark IN point Add 1 frame to Mark IN point 23 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B August 2013 Operation User Interface Button A colored colored Remove 1 frame from Mark OUT point Add 1 frame to Mark OUT point 3 3 2 Timecode Value Fields 00 01 57 12 Three Timecode Value fields are displayed under the Transport buttons Area Description 1 Media Start Timecode first recorded frame even if a virtual media is loaded 2 Current Timecode position nowline 3 Media End Timecode last recorded frame even if a virtual media is loaded 3 3 3 Video and Audio Monitoring Tools Overview of the Video and Audio Tracks The video and audio channels of a loaded source file are represented below the Video DisplayPlayer in the form of Track Selection buttons Here is an example with 4 tracks of stereo channels Right Audio Channel Channel Selection Left Audio Channel Video 1 O Monitoring of the 15t Stereo Track Monitoring of the 2nd Stereo Track De 4 E Monitoring of the 4th Stereo Track Monitoring of the 3rd Stereo Track 24 3 Player Sa USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Browse a V l The different types of audio tracks of a loaded media or clip are displayed as follows CA e A mono track is represented by COM 3 Player e Astereo track is represe
7. e g with next hour last month no other field appears horror Number Such as DB Id 1 Select a logical operator in the first field 2 Enter a number in the second field 4 Note A lt gt means differs from Option List Such as Video Standard 1 Select a logical operator in the first field 2 Click the button to display the list of options available for the selected filter parameter Example for the Video Standard VideoStandard E PAL 5D E HD 1080i 250 M HD 720p 2 50 E HD 1030p 550 E HTSC drop 50 BE HD 10801 559 94 E HO 720p 5 59 94 BE HO 1080p 259 94 3 Select an option from the list 2 Tabs Pane Sq aa USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Browse V l 2 Tabs Pane Boolean Such as Published e Select Yes or No from the single criteria field Free Text Such as Label contains contains does not contain starts with ends with 1 Select a condition in the first field 2 Enter free text in the second field How to Perform an Advanced Search To enter search values in the Advanced Search fields proceed as follows 1 Choose the columns you wish to perform a search on de 2 Click the Show Hide Filter button The Advanced Search area is displayed ALL Criteria are met are met le met MO Criteria le met 4 Select a search parameter from the list of parameters An entire line corresponding to the selected filter parameter is displaye
8. 3 Player Controls 1 aaa corn 22 3 3 1 Player Transport Controls 00 00 0 22 c cece cee cece cee eee eee eee 22 3 3 2 Timecode Value Fields 00 2 o cece ccc eee cee cece nono 24 3 3 3 Video and Audio Monitoring Tools 2 2 222 22 eee eee eee ee eee 24 3 3 4 Media Bar and Jog Bar 02 22 o cece cece eee eee e eee eee 2 3 3 5 Loading Media on the Player Window 0 02 222 22 e eee eee 30 3 3 6 Play Media in the Additional Player 222 eee eee 31 4 VIRTUAL MEDIA PANE LL 000 nn 32 4 1 Introduction 2 24 22 cidcid dt iii 32 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B August 2013 4 2 Virtual Media List Display a 32 4 2 1 Displayed COlUMNS 2 lt 5cc00202nccsenecaeovskainevecsansnedascessasvacenenesunces 32 4 2 2 Show Thumbnails 0 o cece cece e ee cee ec cece cceeecceeceeueeees 33 4 2 3 Glossary of Column Headings 2 02 cece ee cece cece ec ceeeceeeeees 33 4 3 Virtual Media List Contextual Menu 0 eee eee eee cece ec ceeceeees 34 9 MENU BAR 000 nce cca bag 20222 anne 35 IV Table of Contents Sa USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Browse si V l What s New What s New In the user manual the icon has been added on the left margin to highlight information on new and updated features The sections updated to reflect the new and modified features on Xedio Browse f
9. Text Search field The free text search is not a case sensitive operation 2 Tabs Pane Sq aa USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Browse a V l 2 Tabs Pane Search String Search Result Yellow card Searches for the strings yellow and card even if in two different fields columns for example yellow in Name and card in Keywords For example a clip named The Yellow Man with keywords Red Card will be found since it has yellow and card in 2 different fields Yellow card Searches for strings containing Yellow card Yellow card Searches for yellow or card even if in two different fields columns for example yellow in Name or card in Keywords Spaces around the sign are mandatory yell Searches for yell at the beginning of a string low Searches for low at the end of a string Ye low Searches for strings with ye at the beginning and low at the end Ye low 123 Searches for strings with ye at the beginning and low at the end and which contains 123 card Searches for a string exactly equals to card For example if a field contains yellow card the card condition will not return any result z yellow card Searches for a string exactly equals to yellow card The use of quotes is required due to the space between yellow and card How to Perform a Quick Text Search To perform a Quick Text search proceed as follows 1 2 Display the columns you wish to p
10. USER MANUAL Xedio Browse Version 4 35 August 2013 V gt Sq aa USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Browse V l Copyright EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Copyright 2010 2013 All rights reserved Disclaimer The information in this manual is furnished for informational use only and subject to change without notice While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this user manual is accurate up to date and reliable EVS Broadcast Equipment cannot be held responsible for inaccuracies or errors that may appear in this publication Improvement Requests Your comments will help us improve the quality of the user documentation Do not hesitate to send improvement requests or report any error or inaccuracy on this user manual by e mail to doc evs com Regional Contacts The address and phone number of the EVS headquarters are usually mentioned in the Help gt About menu in the user interface You will find the full list of addresses and phone numbers of local offices either at the end of this user manual for manuals on hardware products or at the following page on the EVS website http www evs com contacts User Manuals on EVS Website The latest version of the user manual if any and other user manuals on EVS products can be found on the EVS download center on the following webpage http www evs com downloadcenter Sq aa USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Browse V l Table of Conten
11. a green line on the media bar e An OUT point or mark OUT point is shown as a red line on the media bar e The nowline representing the current position within the loaded element is shown as a blue line on the media bar To place the nowline at a given position simply click at the requested position on the media bar 3 Player Sq aa USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Browse V i 3 Player Moving Points To move the position of the mark IN mark OUT or nowline click on them with the mouse and drag them to the desired position Nowline Outside Media Bar When the media is being played the nowline moves along the top media bar If only a section of the media is visible in the top bar the nowline may disappear In this case a red indicator on the right side of the media bar will be displayed A click on the vertical indicator on the right side will re center the top bar on the nowline Moving the middle bar to the right or to the left can lead to such a situation with the nowline disappearing respectively to the left or to the right of the top bar Jog Bar The bottom bar is the jog bar Dragging the speed indicator on the jog bar allows you to move within the media at a variable speed ee The speed varies depending on e the position of the speed indicator e the speed range covered by the jog bar The default range is set from 200 to 200 This is set in Xedio Manager Audio can be heard when using the jog
12. buttons look like depending on the selection Selected Removed Video Eg Audio CET mao 518 Selection of the Track for Audio Monitoring The radio buttons displayed between each pair of stereo channel buttons or next to a mono or 5 1 audio channel button allow the selection of one audio track for monitoring ri G Note A When you right click on a 5 1 radio button a popup menu appears in which you can select the 5 1 components that should be monitored on the left and right channels You can choose between the following options Mixed L R Ls Rs or Center output on L R speakers El Save audio selection e Mixed L R Ls Rs Center Audio meters located on the right side of the Video Display represent the audio channels of the monitored track 26 3 Player a USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Browse lt V l 3 3 4 3 Player Media Bar and Jog Bar Media Bars Top Bar The top bar represents the media or a portion of it currently loaded on the Player The media bar display differs according to the loaded element Media When a media is loaded only the nowline is displayed Virtual Media When a virtual media is loaded the mark IN point the mark OUT point and the nowline are displayed on this top bar Middle Bar The middle bar is used to zoom into the loaded element Its dark gray zone shows the section of the media out of the whole media visible in the top bar and th
13. d ALL Criteria are met Camera EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B August 2013 2 3 4 5 Enter filter criteria as explained in section Advanced Search Fields Types on page 12 For free text fields press ENTER to apply the filter Otherwise the Elements grid is automatically filtered and refreshed 6 If required click the button to add another advanced search parameter Using Saved Filters Introduction Once you have defined filters and search terms you may want to save them for later use You will then be able to apply the same set of filters with a single click Saved filters appear as tabs At least two tabs exist on the left of the Elements grid e The Filter O tab The Elements grid displays the list of all elements present in Xedio Dispatcher or it returns the result of a search applied to the list e The Today tab the Elements grid shows the elements with creation date today Warning Those filters can be modified by the user so the results could no longer reflect the tab label Saved Filter Contextual Menu Right clicking in the Filter O tab displays a contextual menu with the following options Create New Filter Allows to create a new filter tab through the Filter Edit Dialog wndow Label OK Description Cancel Save Filter As Allows to create a new filter tab in which the current search filter will be saved Filter Properties Allows to change the name and or descriptio
14. e item A user defined date entry for the date the media was originally shot Indicates if the media has been made available to other users within Xedio Suite A media that has already been worked on browsed for virtual media creation The date and time that the item was created this refers to when it was entered into the database A field for a free text entry to describe the media The user who ingested the media to the system The place defined with groups from where the media was ingested Shows the video standard of the clip The original identifier of the feed given by the press agencies for example Additional reference for the media that would already be used bar code of a digitized tape for example A rating for the item Shows the video ratio of the clip for instance 16 9 or 4 3 33 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B August 2013 4 3 Virtual Media List Contextual Menu A contextual menu is available when you right click on a media item in the list provided that it is not in Published state Menu tara Description Published Displays a sub menu which allows to change the publish state of the virtual State media to Published A published media will be displayed in the database lists of all the software and will thus be available for use Delete Allows the deletion of the selected Virtual Media Virtual Media Play Opens a new Player window to allow the media to be played See section
15. e relative position of the visible section in the whole media e Whena media or an edit has just been loaded the top bar represents the whole media The dark gray zone covers the whole length of the middle bar EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B August 2013 28 e When a virtual media has just been loaded the top bar represents the whole media The dark gray zone represents the whole media and covers the whole length of the middle bar A irtual Media e When a virtual media is loaded double clicking on the dark gray zone toggle the section covered by the top bar from the whole media length to the virtual media length between mark IN and mark OUT and vice versa The dark gray zone is reduced to represent the virtual media length and position with regard to the whole media e f you position the mouse on the middle bar and rotate the mouse wheel up or down you respectively increase or reduce the section of the media or virtual media visible in the top bar Thus the dark gray zone is enlarged or reduced e f you click on the dark gray zone and drag it to the left or to the right you shift the section of media or virtual media visible in the top bar to the beginning or to the end of the media Nowline Mark IN and Mark OUT Display The mark IN point the mark OUT point and the nowline are shown in the media bar of the Player paneas vertical lines e AnIN point or mark IN point is shown as
16. e virtual media created from the Media original file selected in the Media tab Pane Adaptable Display The layout of the Xedio Browse can be adapted to users needs The different panes can be hidden either by clicking the cross at the top right corner of each pane or by selecting one of the options of the View menu Player List area Virtual Media pane Work area Tabs pane The hidden pane s can then be displayed by selecting the corresponding option of the View menu Seven layouts are available Player Tabs pane Virtual Media pane Player Tabs pane Player Virtual Media pane Tabs pane Virtual Media pane Player only Tabs pane only Virtual Media pane only The different panes can be resized EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B August 2013 1 4 Process Overview The use of Xedio Browse can be summarized as follows 1 Select a media from the Media Tab of the Tabs Pane See section The Media Tab on page 5 2 Load it on the Player Pane See section Loading Media on the Player Window on page 30 3 Create a virtual media from the loaded media See section Creating a Virtual Media on page 18 4 View the list of virtual media associated to a media See section Virtual Media Pane on page 32 4 1 Introduction Sq aa USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Browse V l 2 Tabs Pane 2 1 introduction The Tabs pane consists of two tabs the Media tab and the Virtual Media Properties tab e The Media tab
17. ed and to enter search criteria for each of them Advanced Search Fields Once a search parameter has been selected an entire line is displayed ALL Criteria are met Interface Elenen Description 1 Selected search parameter 2 Various fields used to enter the filter criteria See section Advanced Search Fields Types on page 12 Used to remove the corresponding filter line Used to add a new filter line Hiding Advanced Search Fields To hide all the Advanced Search fields click the Show Hide Filter button again Consequently all the applied filters are removed To remove an Advanced Search field from the Advanced Search area and thus clear the corresponding applied filter click the kania button next to the field 11 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B August 2013 Advanced Search Fields Types Depending on the selected search parameter different types of advanced search fields will be displayed and available to enter criteria Timecode or Duration Parameter Such as TC IN TC OUT Duration 1 Select a logical operator in the first field 2 Enter a timecode or duration value in the second field Timecode Range contains 0 00 00 00 does not contain 1 Select an option from the first field 2 Enter a timecode value This will include or exclude media containing the specified timecode value Date Such as Creation Date Several Date Search filters exist 1 Select a c
18. erform a quick search on Type a search string in the Quick Text Search field based on Quick Text search rules available from the Help button fel and detailed in section Quick Text Search Rules on page 8 Click the Search button to apply the Quick Text Search Depending on whether the AutoRefresh Filtering setting is selected or not you may not have to click the Search button to apply the Quick Text Search Refer to the tab Software gt Parameter Profiles gt General gt General in Xedio Manager The search result is displayed in the grid To clear the applied Quick Text Search click the red EJ button to the right of the search field or select lt empty gt from the Quick Text Search drop down list EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B August 2013 2 3 3 Advanced Search Purpose and Context of Use The Advanced Search functions are available for more detailed search operations They allow searches on media metadata From the Today tab the filter creation date today is automatically applied The Advanced Search fields can be displayed on the top left part of the Elements grid Advanced Search Fields Display Displaying Advanced Search Fields Show Hide Filter Button de To display the Advanced Search fields click the Show Hide Filter button above the grid The Advanced Search area is expanded as follows ALL Entera are met The Show Hide Filter button can be displayed with two different colors
19. indow opens and shows the list of columns in the current order Select the column name s from the Selected pane 4 Click the appropriate button o gt Up moves the item s before the previous one o Down moves the item s after the next one 5 Click OK Element Contextual Menu A contextual menu with the following options is available when you right click an item in the list Play Loads the media in the Player to allow the element to be browsed and modified Render List Opens the Render List window listing all types of rendering that have been done with the media Archive History Opens the Archive History window listing the archive and restore processes that were achieved for the selected media Change Properties Opens the Media Properties window which shows the properties for the selected media If a default metadata profile has been defined for the media a metadata tab is displayed and shows the media metadata See the Xedio Manager manual for more information on the selection of a profile Searching for Elements in the List Introduction When the database contains large amounts of data it may become difficult to find a specific element The Xedio Suite offers several ways to speed up your search e quick text search e filters on parameters EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B August 2013 2 3 2 By default the columns that are taken into consideration for the Quick Text Search are the ones currentl
20. ing Description 17 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B August 2013 If the loaded media is a virtual media file the tab will display its properties ready for update Media Virtual Media Properties Media source label Athletisme CO0040 14h03 General Metadatas Creation date Label Last modif date Media ID IdFeed External ref Class Sport International i a ot Priority Video Ratio 4 3 Source Routing Description 2 4 2 Creating a Virtual Media To create a virtual media proceed as follows 1 Load the required media from the Media tab to the Player pane 2 Browse in the media until you select the Mark IN point and click the m button or press the J key The Mark In Timecode field is filled and appears in green The thumbnail IN is displayed 02 00 17 15 A default label is automatically assigned into the Label field This can be accepted or changed at this stage or later if necessary ut 3 Browse in the media until you select the Mark OUT point and click the button or press the key The Mark Out Timecode and the Duration fields are filled and the Mark Out Timecode field appears in red The thumbnail OUT is displayed U2 00 1 7 15 Out 02 00 21 21 rem A 2 Tabs Pane Sq aa USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Browse V l 4 The other fields from the General tab display the properties from the original media You can accept or modify these values and you ca
21. is used to select the media to manage e The Virtual Media Properties tab can be used to create virtual media from an existing media The virtual media is only made of markers placed on the original media file There is no new media file created 2 2 The Media Tab 2 2 1 Overview of the Media Tab Media Virtual Media Properties a EH amp 353 retrieved fepo 0 14 Class Media Category Label Thumbnail In Thumbnail Out EVS LSM 2N XTI_ADL 611 B 14 MRE EWS LSM XTI_ADL 611 B 08 PA XT1_ADL 611411 EWS LSM T1 ADL 6114 02 ee EWS LSM T1_ADL 6100 08 MF The upper part of the Media tab gives access to the different filters which can be applied to the media list 2 Tabs Pane 5 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B August 2013 2 2 2 At least two tabs exist on the left of the Media tab e The Filter O tab The element list displays the list of all media present in the database or it returns the result of a search applied to the list e The Today tab the element list shown the media with creation date today Additional tabs are displayed when the users have saved filters applied to the database for more details Media items are displayed in columns Media List Area Sorting the Elements in the Grid You can change the sort order of elements in the grid by clicking the column header for the parameter according to which you want to sort the elements The blue arrow indicates the sorting o
22. n enter a description 5 Select the Published option if you want the other users to be able to see the virtual media 6 Inthe Metadata tab you can click in the cell next to Metadata Profile and select a metadata profile then you can enter specific metadata values in the fields 7 Click the Save button to save the virtual media The Virtual Media is immediately displayed in the Virtual Media pane q Note A If the virtual media has been recorded as published it will be locked and not available for later update You will get the following warning message o This virtual media will be saved and locked Are YOU sure Y Note There is an administrator setting which prevents creation of virtual media that overlap each other If this setting is active a dialogue box will open to alert the user that the virtual media overlap 2 4 3 Auto Clipping Modes To go faster when creating the Virtual Media it is possible to avoid the action of clicking the Save button From the XedioBrowse menu of the main toolbar select Auto Clipping Modes and then Auto Save 2 Tabs Pane 19 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B August 2013 Auto Clipping Modes H Manual w Auto Save Then a virtual media will be created as soon as you have defined both the Mark IN and the Mark OUT points 20 2 Tabs Pane Sq aa USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Browse V l 3 Player 3 1 Overview of the Player Pane The Player pane pro
23. n of the selected filter tab Reset Filter Removes all search criteria on the selected filter tab Delete Filter Removes the filter tab 2 Tabs Pane Sq aa USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Browse V l 2 4 2 4 1 2 Tabs Pane How to Save Filters To save filters proceed as follows 1 Define the filter or filters combination you wish to save as explained in section How to Perform an Advanced Search on page 15 2 Right click the Filter O tab 3 Select Save Filter As from the contextual menu The Filter Edit Dialog box opens 4 Entera label for the tab you are going to create and if required enter a description 5 Click OK The new filter tab is displayed on the left of the list How to Apply a Saved Filter To apply a saved filter simply click the corresponding tab The Virtual Media Properties Tab Overview of the Virtual Media Properties Tab The Virtual Media Properties tab can only be selected when a media is loaded on the Player pane The tab display differs according to the type of media loaded If the media is a complete or currently ingesting file Media the tab will display the properties of the loaded media and provides buttons to create virtual media from this media file Media Virtual Media Properties Media source label Athl General Metadatas Label Media ID IdFeed External ref Class Undefined Priority en s Shooting date Duration Video Ratio 3 Source Rout
24. nted by Da e Ab5 1 track is represented by a Note A If the loaded media clip contains more than 8 audio tracks only the first 8 tracks are displayed under the Video Display A first click on the e button allows to display the additional tracks Video and Audio Tracks Selection When you create a virtual media you need to select the video and the requested audio channels Selection of the Video Channel The Video button 5 is clicked to select or remove the video So the virtual media made contains or not the video Selection of an Audio Channel The left and the right loudspeaker buttons of an audio stereo track BJ are used to select or remove respectively the left or the right channel of the corresponding audio track y Clicking the left audio button will remove the left audio component from the source so that the virtual media made has no left audio channel In this case the right channel will be output on the left and right channels Clicking both left and right audio buttons will also remove the right audio component so that the virtual media made has no audio channel for this track A mono track is removed from the selection by clicking the loudspeaker button on the right of the radio button A 5 1 audio track is removed from the selection by clicking the loudspeaker button on the right of the radio button 4 5 10 25 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B August 2013 The next table summarizes how the
25. nu provides the following options Mix top bottom displays 25 full pictures per second each made by mixing the top field and the bottom field and repeating each mixed line Top displays 25 full pictures per second each made by duplicating each line of the top field Bottom displays 25 full pictures per second each made by duplicating each line of the bottom field None displays 25 pictures per second each made from both interlaced fields Player Controls Player Transport Controls Please refer to the Xedio Manager user manual for a comprehensive list of the shortcuts 3 Player USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Browse 3 Player VS Controls Common to Media Player and Virtual Media Player User Interface Button Shortcut Operation Play and Pause Play Near Live a media while ingesting digitizing Ctrl Go to Start of Media Go to End of Media Controls Specific to the Media Player Operation User Interface Button Shortcut Fast Forward gt Fast Rewind a Goto Next Frame CI Goto Previous Frame EJ Controls Specific to the Virtual Media Player Ciri ob Ciri O GO When a virtual media is loaded on the Player the four lower transport buttons become trim buttons for the IN and OUT points of the virtual media E Note A If the loaded virtual media is declared as published or the original media is declared as treated you will not
26. of the column headings displays a contextual menu The Choose Displayed Columns option opens the Select Visible Columns window allowing you to choose the columns you want to be displayed in the element list See section Glossary of Column Headings on page 33 for detailed information on the column headings available The column width and order can be adjusted using standard computer commands and drag and drop techniques 32 4 Virtual Media Pane Sq aa USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Browse V l 4 2 2 Show Thumbnails The Show Thumbnails option is available from the column headings contextual menu This option adds thumbnails in the Thumbnail IN and Thumbnail OUT columns of the Virtual Media pane provided that those columns have been made visible 4 2 3 Glossary of Column Headings Column Heading Label ClassList Thumb In Thumb Out Duration TC In TC Out Shooting Date Published Treated Creation Date Description UserName Group System FeediD External Ref Priority Ratio 4 Virtual Media Pane Description A media or a virtual media can have a name added to the label field in the tab area This is the overall group to which a created clip belongs the structure of the classes is set by the administrator when designing a system installation A reference frame can be shown to visually identify the correct material The item duration The IN timecode of the item The OUT timecode of th
27. ondition or a logical operator in the first field 26 ng zt gt E OM today pester d aqu next week last week next month this month last month 12 2 Tabs Pane Sq USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Browse V l 2 This will condition the next step o Search based on a specific date e g with a calendar will be displayed for the selection of a date 5 ug 1 August 2011 Today 22 Aug 11 o Search based on an interval e g with between two calendars are displayed for the selection of two dates O dug A11 And 22 5yg 1 o Search based on a specific date calculated from the current date e g with tomorrow last month no other field appears Koran Time Such as Last Rendered Date Time Several Date Search filters exist 1 Select a condition or a logical operator in the first field 2248u041 1 Y B 20 1 E E 4 la Ea hast hour now 30 min next hour OMOTO today yesterday nest week this week last week nest month this month last month 2 Tabs Pane 13 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B August 2013 2 This will condition the next step o Search based on a specific date and time e g with two additional fields will be displayed a calendar for the selection of a date and drop down list for the selection of time o Search based on a specific date and time calculated from the current date and time
28. rder Clicking the column header again changes the sorting order from ascending to descending or vice versa Organizing Columns Resizing Columns A column can be resized by using the mouse pointer over columns intersection and dragging it to the right or to the left Selecting Columns to Display To select the columns to display in the grid proceed as follows 1 Right click the column header area A menu is displayed 2 Select Choose Displayed Columns The Select Visible Columns window opens and shows the list of columns in the current order 3 Toselect the column s you wish to add to the view do one of the following o inthe left pane double click the column s you wish to add to the view o select them in the left pane and click the Add button 4 Toselect the column s you wish to remove from the view do one of the following o onthe right pane double click the column s you wish to remove from the view o select them on the right pane and click the left arrow 5 Click OK Ordering Columns To change the columns order proceed in one of the following ways 2 Tabs Pane Sq USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Browse V l 2 3 2 3 1 2 Tabs Pane 1 Select a column header 2 Drag it to the left or right to the required place A vertical line shows the place where the column will be dropped OR 1 Right click a column header A menu is displayed 2 Select Choose Displayed Columns The Select Visible Columns w
29. rom Xedio Suite 4 03 and 4 35 compared to Xedio Suite 4 02 are listed below Audio mono tracks can be used in the Xedio Suite e See section Video and Audio Monitoring Tools on page 24 Sq aa USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Browse V 1 1 1 1 2 1 Introduction Introduction Product Description The Xedio Browse application allows a user to browse and preview media within a Xedio Suite environment The supported media can be either data already imported into the Xedio Suite or files currently being ingested into the system as a live feed With Xedio Browse the media can be segmented into several virtual media This can be useful for example to break down a single news feed including multiple stories into several sections each containing an individual story In the case of a football match virtual media can be produced with the goals or highlights directly from the incoming feed Multiple virtual media can be created from the same source The virtual media does not require any splitting of the original file as it is only made of markers placed on the original media file There is no new media file created Specific metadata can be assigned to each virtual media Opening Xedio Browse To start the Xedio Browse application click on the Xedio Browse icon on the desktop This will display a login screen where you need to enter your username and password Medio Browse EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue
30. ts Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS cu 2 lll WHAT S NEW LU V 1 INTRODUCTION UU 1 1 1 Product Description 0 0ocoocuonennnn nn 1 1 2 Opening Xedio Browse cece cece cece ee ccc cece eee ceeecceeeeeeeceeees 1 1 3 Overview of the Xedio Browse Window 2 2 22 0 eee ee eee c cee eeeeeeees 2 1 4 Process Overview U eee cece cece nn 4 2 TABS PANE DD 5 2 1 Introduction 2 2 2 cece cece cece eee cece cece cece aaao anaona 5 22 MAC Neda TAD aaa OLA nannten AMEN tebe ae 5 2 2 1 Overview of the Media Tab 0 0 0 2 a 5 2 2 2 Media List Area 0 00 0 0 aa 6 2 3 Searching for Elements in the List 000 22 c cee cece eee cee cece e ee eeeeees 2 3 1 AS 2 3 2 Quick Text Search e cancerosas slots redes c lbs 8 2 3 3 Advanced Search a 10 2 3 4 Using Saved Filters l clic cece cece eee c eee ceeceeceeeeees 16 2 4 The Virtual Media Properties Tab 2 2 2 cc 17 2 4 1 Overview of the Virtual Media Properties Tab 17 2 4 2 Creating a Virtual Media cece cece cece cece sense 18 2 4 3 Auto Clipping Modes 2 22 22 e ieee eee cece eee ccc ecceeeeeeeeeeee 19 3 PLAYER 0 nenne een 21 3 1 Overview of the Player Pane a 21 3 2 Video Display Options a 22 3
31. vides a video display a media bar and a jog bar to navigate within the element video and audio selection and monitoring buttons transport buttons and timecode fields It slightly differs according to the element loaded When a media is loaded from the Tabs pane it looks as follows 12307131918 00 07 1 3 19 5 ng 00 00 00 00 00 00 24 00 When a virtual media is loaded from the Virtual Media pane the Player pane looks like the following screenshot UU UU 00 00 00 00 45 24 aaa Adh Ba 3 Player 21 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 3 2 3 3 3 3 1 22 Issue 4 35 B August 2013 Video Display Options A contextual menu is available when right clicking the Video Display area This gives display options for the video Option Show Timecode Aspect Ratio Show SafeAreas Deinterlacer Meaning This option offers various options to display timecode on the Player window none does not display timecode Start TC shows a counter starting with O at the first frame of the media Intra TC shows the original timecode of the media Both displays both the counter and the original timecode This option offers a choice of aspect ratios for the display Auto 4 3 or 16 9 This option displays a safe area cage on the window to determine which areas of the picture will be seen This allows to check the size of graphics within the media for safe display This option is used to de interlace video A subme
32. y visible in the grid If you wish to search in other columns and view the string you are searching for in the columns you can e add other columns to the Elements grid view e use Filters as explained in section Advanced Search on page 10 These search tools are explained in detail below An applied filter can be saved for later use Such a saved filter can then be applied in one click A search can also be facilitated by ordering the Elements grid Quick Text Search Purpose and Context of Use The Quick Text Search function is used to perform a search based on free text entered in the Quick Text Search field This field is available on the top of the Elements grid It allows searching for a string in the displayed columns Users can enter a search string in one of the following ways e They enter the search string in full in the Quick Text Search field The Quick Text Search option obeys specific rules which can be accessed via the Help button E next to the Quick Text Search field See section Quick Text Search Rules on page 8 for more details on these rules e They click the arrow next to the Quick Text Search field so the last 10 searches are displayed and they select one of them empty athl Quick Text Search Rules The string that you enter in the Quick Text Search field is analyzed according to the following set of rules which can be accessed via the Help button E next to the Quick
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