OnTheAir Manager User Manual
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1. Softron Media Services OnTheAir Manager User Manual 2010 Softron Media Services All rights reserved Contents PART I Welcome to OnTheAir Manager Chapter 1 About OnTheAir Manager e Some quick facts e About OnTheAir Video DV Express e OntTheAir Live OnTheAir Manager and OnTheAir Server e Different possible setups Chapter 2 System Requirements e Computer Requirements e Video Audio output e Storage e Supported Codecs File format PART II Installing amp Setting up PART Ill OnTheAir Manager Chapter 3 Installing and licensing Chapter 4 OnTheAir Manager e Installing OnTheAir Manager e Using OnTheAir Manager in DEMO mode e Licensing OnTheAir Manager Chapter 5 Setting up OnTheAir Manager e General preferences e Media Folder preferences e Add delete modify Categories e Setting Attributes for Categories e About inheritance of Attributes in Events Playlists Clips PART IV Using OnTheAir Manager Chapter 6 Overview of the user interface e Welcome Window Schedule List e Media Browser e Main Window e Inspector General Idea e Clip Playlist Event Inspector Attributes e Clip Inspector In Out e Clip Inspector Info e Playlist Inspector Info e Event Inspector Info OnTheAir Manager 1 0b4 User Manual vers 1 1 Softron Media Services 11 13 Il 14 Il 14 Il 14 Il 14 Il 14 Il 15 Il 15 Il 16 Il 17 Il 19 Il 21 Il 22 Il 23 Il 23 Il 25 Il 272. 00 00 12 00 00 06 00 00 04 00 00 04 00 00 04 00 00 11 00 00 02 00 00 19 00 00 05 00 23 00 00 03 13 00 03 13 00 01 02 00 03 30 00 03 24 00 56 00 00 56 00 00 03 15 00 00 29 00 00 29 00 00 29 00 00 20 00 00 20 02 00 00 02 00 00 2009 08 28 17 07 2010 04 01 15 27 2010 04 01 15 29 2010 04 01 15 32 2010 04 01 15 34 2010 04 01 15 36 2010 04 01 15 37 2010 04 01 15 38 2010 04 02 13 32 2010 04 02 13 33 2010 04 01 15 40 2010 04 01 15 41 2010 04 01 15 43 2010 04 01 15 45 2010 09 27 12 25 2010 04 02 13 57 2010 04 02 13 57 2010 04 01 15 53 2010 04 02 14 32 2010 04 02 15 04 2010 09 27 12 12 2010 09 27 12 12 2010 07 15 13 59 2008 10 16 14 38 2008 10 16 14 38 2008 10 16 14 38 2010 04 01 15 58 2010 04 01 16 01 2010 09 27 13 18 2010 09 27 13 18 MPEG IMX 50 625 50 720x576 25 00 fps Apple ProRes LT 1920x1080 29 97 fps Apple ProRes LT 1920x1080 29 97 fps Apple ProRes LT 1920x1080 29 97 fps Apple ProRes LT 1920x1080 29 97 fps Apple ProRes LT 1920x1080 29 97 fps Apple ProRes LT 1920x1080 29 97 fps Apple ProRes LT 1920x1080 29 97 fps Apple ProRes LT 1920x1080 29 97 fps Apple ProRes LT 1920x1080 29 97 fps Apple ProRes LT 1920x1080 29 97 fps Apple ProRes LT 1920x1080 29 97 fps Apple ProRes LT 1920x1080 29 97 fps Apple ProRes LT 1920x1080 29 97 fps Apple ProRes HQ 1920x1080 29 97 fps Apple ProRes LT 1920x1080 29 97 fps Apple ProRes LT 1920x1080 29 97 f
3. Click on Apply Event Name News Commercials Documentary Entertainement Filler NO CATEGORY New Category Attributes shown in Inspector come from the Default Node apply 4 Il 18 OnTheAir Manager 1 0b4 User Manual vers 1 1 Softron Media Services Attributes shown in Inspector come from the Default Node 44 Setting Attributes for Categories As said earlier the beauty of Categories comes when you start giving default Attributes to these Categories Before reading this chapter you need to make sure you understand correctly what an Attribute is and refer to the next chapter explaining how to set Attributes When you select or create an Event or Playlist category we have seen earlier that you can modify its name or its color Let s start with an example and let s say you want to have a special Movies logo when you are playing Movies and that your user don t have to remember to set the Movie logo when they program it So let s see how to set the logo movies to be selected when you set an event to be of the Category Movie 1 In the first General tab make sure to set the default Node on the Node you want to use as the available attributes that you will Default Node AJ ss see later in the Inspector will come from this Default Node Default Clip Duration Offline Clip 00 01 00 00 Live Clip 01 00 00 Node Control Validation Send 24h W Playlist Display M Show Thumbna
4. Dolphins 2 Commercials Apple ProRes LT 1920x1080 29 97 fps EN 9 07 00 My Beautifull Movie copy 02 00 00 2010 09 13 1 1 07 00 Keech icc a _ 00 00 12 2010 04 01 15 36 1 07 12 FIRE Se UI ai 00 00 06 2010 04 01 15 37 18 47 13 jh 1 Apple ProRes LT 1920x1080 29 97 fps EN 18 47 18 Eisi Jump 2 Apple ProRes LT 1920x1080 29 97 fps EN 18 47 22 ia Apple ProRes LT 1920x1080 29 97 fps EN 1 07 18 E Ads Block 02 00 00 00 010 11 16 1 1 07 18 p Documentary_23min a mee whe ot A 2010 09 27 12 25 00 23 00 1 30 18 Se Sports INSTANT LIVE 00 00 29 Pn TR 1 30 47 Dive in Slow Mo A al ES SRE 00 00 21 2010 04 01 15 34 1 31 09 My ull Movie 241 aan n Ma 02 00 00 2010 0 7 13 18 3 31 09 My Serie Episode 2 o 00 23 00 2010 09 27 12 25 3 54 09 INSTANT LIVE 4 Py a 00 00 29 2008 10 16 14 38 3 54 38 i New York Streets copy y s Peirado 00 03 13 AA a m E 3 57 52 2 00 00 Desert ommercials 06 03 10 00 00 09 2010 04 01 15 29 f 18 47 34 Ly Lights Appie Pree LT 1920x2080 29 97 EN Show X Days Select the number of days you want to been at once in the calendar Calendar Navigation Click on La or to move the dates viewed Click on to go to current date and time Click on g to go to a specific Date provided the date
5. Node is not the same as the one here Sending this schedule will then stop what is currently playing and start the event it should be playing at the beginning in the new schedule i e Calendar Area This is in this area that you create your Schedule in a Calendar style user interface Click and drag to create a new event you can then fine tune using the inspector or zooming in You will be able to navigate in these events make repeats move them etc It is really working like a calendar application More info on that on the chapter that explains how to create and manipulate events Zoom control You can zoom in and out to see the calendar Area more or less in details Playlist list Additionally to create events you can create playlists which are listed here This playlist list is common for all nodes and all schedules so you can reuse them for all your schedules provided the node you want to send it to has access to the same media of course To create a playlist just click on the icon at the bottom of the list You can also duplicate a playlist and delete it Be aware that if you delete it it will be deleted in all schedules Event and Playlist content view Area When you click on a specific event or on a playlist in the playlist list you will see its content in this area with some info also if the playlist is playing etc OnTheAir Manager 1 0b4 User Manual vers 1 1 Softron Media Services I
6. content of the event will be played in loop until the next event starts Stick to previous will change the start time of the event so it sticks to the previous event Stick to next will change the end time of the event so it sticks to the next event ale PAS ale PAS ale PAS po 6 Event Inspector TX j O Attributes In Out Info General Description New Event Event category Movie HH Start Time Duration 19 11 2010 02 36 00 B 03 38 00 End Time 19 11 2010 06 14 00 B Repeat None H End None H Apply Repeat Behaviour C Start Condition none Value none C End Condition none Value none C Loop C Stick to Previous Event Stick to Next Event OnTheAir Manager 1 0b4 User Manual vers 1 1 Softron Media Services
7. has been designed to launch automatically at startup and to resume operation even after a crash or power loss A log of everything that is played is maintained and available for the user It is not necessary to have a display monitor connected to the Node server which makes it ideal for using on headless servers like the Xserve It has been tested with a media catalog of more than 500 000 video clips Media Cataloging One of the challenges of having client server setups is to make sure the client knows exactly what media are available on the server at any time This is achieved by providing synchronization information to the clients even if they are disconnected for long periods of time Information on the clips is provided as XML making it easy for any application to retrieve the clip s characteristics like video codec audio sample rate creation date last modification date finder label etc It also automatically validates the clips to make sure they are compatible for playback If not a detailed description of the problem is available to the client applications The Node will also automatically retrieve a file even if it has been moved or copied If the original becomes unavailable a copy will be used instead and this is completely transparent to the user Clip Attributes Another revolutionary feature of the node is that it publishes available clip attributes so that every client application knows exactly what plugins are available on
8. in Loop It will then loop its content until there is a new event with a fixed start time that starts So in an event if you place items after this looping playlist they will not play and show greyed out Category you can set the category of the playlist And remember that when you seta category the playlist automatically gets all the attributes of its category logos GPI etc eoo Playlist Inspector General Title New Playlist Preset Duration C 00 00 00 C Loop Category Commercials OnTheAir Manager 1 0b4 User Manual vers 1 1 Softron Media Services D 5 9 Event Inspector Info If you click on an event playlist you ll have even mode information that you can modify As for example only Events have a start time I 35 Description the name of the event Event Category you can set the category of the event And remember that when you set a category the event automatically gets all the attributes of its category logos GPI etc Start Time End Time Duration If you can not drag the event precisely enough in the Calendar you can still fine tune it here by entering manually the value of the start end time and duration Repeat as with any calendar type of application you can ask an event to be repeated This will mean that the same event will be played on different days always at the same time Behavior Start End conditions This feature is not yet available Loop the
9. modify the same part of a schedule That is where OnTheAir Server is needed when you want multiple users to be able to modify the Same schedules and playlists The Schedules and playlists will then not be stored locally but on the Server which will handle the read write access to the database for multiple users When purchasing a OnTheAir Server license it entitles you to install any number of OnTheAir Manager client applications OnTheAir Manager 1 0b4 User Manual vers 1 1 Softron Media Services Different possible setups OnTheAir Video DV and Express also is a playout application that needs to be controlled from the computer where the application is running However some usage may require to control the playout from a different computer For example if you install the playout computer in a Machine Room and want to control the playout from the Control Room With OnTheAir Video this is only possible using a Screen Sharing application or some Apple Scripts This can work very nicely for some users but is not always the ideal solution may be a little slow etc That is why Softron has developed a version of OnTheAir Video that is based on the client server architecture and it is called OnTheAir Node OnTheAir Node uses the same reliable engine as OnTheAir Video but brings the power of a client server architecture With OnTheAir Video or OnTheAir Video DV or OnTheAir Video Express One client controls one or 2 output but only
10. 0 02 y Dive in Slow Mo mov 00 00 21 26 2010 04 01 15 32 01 0200 00 00 15 02 My Beautifull Movie copy mov Movie 2010 09 27 13 18 34 0200 00 00 23 02 ers My Serie Episode 2 mov 2010 09 27 12 25 41 0200 00 00 24 18 Dolphins 1 mov 02 00 00 00 00 23 00 02 2010 04 01 15 34 26 0200 27 CL 14 1 1 7 00 00 08 00 00 19 Z Chain amp Loop Timecode Start Show Thumbnails BB Hide Playback Controls Audio Sample Rate Device 1 DV VCR 124 item s in list GD PAL 48 kHz 00 04 06 12 LogoSoftronflares dv PAL 48 kHz 00 04 38 12 Presentationintro dv PAL 48 kHz 00 04 45 08 LogoSoftro 00 00 05 PAL 48 kHz 00 04 50 08 00 00 05 PAL 48 kHz 00 04 59 08 LogoSoftron_yellow dv 00 00 05 PAL 48 kHz 00 05 04 08 LogoSoftro 00 00 05 PAL 48 kHz 00 05 09 08 Presentation_softron dv 00 00 27 00 00 11 21 00 04 54 08 j PAL 48 kHz L4 gt Playlistl Manuel ee a 25 08 Z Chain Z Z Loop Cue TC Start Z Show Thumbnails Hide Playback Controls 14 item s in list Start Time Thumbnail Filename t 2005 08 19 12 30 00 CA e 00 11 24 11 man 1fas_2IN_strellifemmes_voNL mov 00 00 51 OEN 2005 04 20 03 44 34 v 00 12 15 07 ae 00 00 00 00 12 18 12 ae B 03 18 16 38 00 12 24 23 Foot Mouscron dv 2005 07 27 17 23 33 00 15 28 08 streetlife avi 2004 03 10 03 48 32 00 03 03 00 03 40 00 19 08 08 street
11. 10 5 8 or later 2 2 Video Audio output OnTheAir Manager doesn t do the output OnTheAir Node is the application that actually Outputs the video so it doesn t require any Video Card to be installed on the computer 2 3 Storage OnTheAir Manager doesn t do the output OnTheAir Node is the application that actually outputs the video so it doesn t require any specific storage as the files are located on the computer where OnTheAir Node is installed it can be the same computer If you want to trim the files you will need to mount the volumes 2 4 Supported Codecs File format OnTheAir Manager doesn t do the output OnTheAir Node is the application that actually outputs the video sorefer to OnTheAir Node user manual to know about the supported codecs I 12 OnTheAir Manager 1 0b4 User Manual vers 1 1 Softron Media Services Installing amp Setting up OnTheAir Manager In this second part we will explain how to set up the OnTheAir Manager preferences Please read this section carefully Not only will it provide valuable information on how to set up your hardware and software correctly but also because much of the information provided will be helpful in your every day use of OnTheAir Manager Il 13 OnTheAir Manager 1 0b4 User Manual vers 1 1 Softron Media Services Installing and licensing OnTheAir Manager gt 3 1 Installing OnTheAir Manager e Download it from the download pages of www so
12. Apply 4 That s it now all Event that have the category Movie will have the logo Movies selected by default when they will play OnTheAir Manager 1 0b4 User Manual vers 1 1 Softron Media Services Il 21 45 About inheritance of Attributes in Events Playlists Clips The General principle of Attributes inheritance e aclip inherits its attributes from the playlist it is in e aplaylist that has a category set inherits its attributes from its category attributes e aplaylist that has no category will inherit its attributes from the playlist or the event it is in e an event inherits its attributes from its category attributes e if you modify an attribute manually check the checkbox and select another value this overrides the inherited or the category attribute To understand this perfectly let s use our Movie Category example Once you have set the logo Movies to be overlaid every time you set an event to be of the Category Movie you may want that the Movie logo goes off during the commercial break To do that you have a few choices 1 Manually modifying the attributes of a clip e In your Movie event drag your Commercial clips by default they will inherit the attributes of the Movie event and thus have the Movie logo on e Select them you can select multiple clips at a time e Inthe Inspector go to the Built in Attributes window and set the Overlay logo attribute to None 2 Creati
13. Il 29 Il 29 Il 32 Il 33 Il 34 Il 35 Welcome to OnTheAir Manager Remarks In this manual pop up menus will be indicated as File gt Save As The word File before the sign gt indicates the menu from the menu bar The information after the gt sign is a command that you can choose within the menu You can visit our web site www softron tv for information about updates as well as to contact us for support In the first part of this manual we will briefly introduce you to OnTheAir Manager You will learn about the different configurations and how to install and launch the software I 3 OnTheAir Manager 1 0b4 User Manual vers 1 1 Softron Media Services About OnTheAir Manager 1 1 Some quick facts What is OnTheAir Node OnTheAir Node is the next generation playout ingest engine from Softron It has been designed to fulfill a need in the broadcasting industry for an inexpensive reliable and customizable video server based on off the shelf technology The concept was to make OnTheAir Node completely faceless apart from the System Preferences pane and completely open to third party applications along with Softron s own applications as well It is controlled through Telnet a very open standards based protocol used in many broadcasting equipment This means the node can be controlled from any application on any platform to provide seamless playout and ingest functions Reliability OnTheAir Node
14. Remove Live Clip Reveal in Finder Shows the clip where it physically is on your hard drive Note that for that the Volume where the clips are stored must be mounted on your desktop and that you have access to it If you don t have access to the clip this command will have no effect Refresh Does the same thing as the Refresh button on the top of the Media Browser window force the Node to rescan a media folder except that it does that only for the selected folder and not for all the media folders Make Offline Clip If you want to plan some clips that are not present already on your server you can already create them The offline clip will be created at the position where you ctrl clicked to open the menu When you create an offline clip the following window opens where you can set a name a duration a frame per second and if it is a drop frame or not Make Offline Clip Name untitled mov In Volumes RAID 100 000 Files 10000 Files Duration FPS 00 01 00 00 25 00 B Drop Frame Car D Note that if you want the file to reconnect properly you ll have to place it in the same folder you can see which folder below the name of the offline clip and give it the same name check if your volume is case sensitive or not too because the name may need to be in the same case too But the duration is just an indication If the file is longer afterwards it will adapt its duration to the real duration If the fi
15. TheAir Live are not available in OnTheAir Manager as you would not want to ask to stop at end to one clip Overlay Logo It is here where you choose the logo to overlay on one or more clip Don t forget that the logos or graphics files must be in the folder indicated in the preferences and that these files must be in png tiff or psd and in the resolution 720 576 for PAL or 720 x 486 or 720 x 480 for NTSC 1920 1080 for HD 72 dpi with an extension png at the end To choose which file is to be overlaid select one or more clips and in the drawer click on the logo overlay pull down menu and select the file you want If you wish to have more complicated Graphics overlay like tickers animated logo clocks etc Check our product OnTheAir CG It can be controlled from OnTheAir Node so you can choose when to overlay your graphics as well Reverse Field order If the editor has exported the clip with the wrong field priority you can still correct it here Il 30 OnTheAir Manager 1 0b4 User Manual vers 1 1 Softron Media Services ey Custom Attributes OnTheAir Node can have Custom attributes which are given by the plugins that you install in the plugin folder of OnTheAir Node There can be multiple plugins such as e GPI Commander to control a GPI Commander USB converter box to be purchased separately e OntTheAir CG to control our Character Generator program OnTheAir CG start stop update projects e Video Router plugin you can
16. ared to OnTheAir Video it doesn t have however the Logo HD or multi language options It only plays dv stream files 2 OnTheAir Video The PCI version of OnTheAir Video uses our own playout engine that has been developed and improved since it was first used in 2004 It has proven very high reliability and therefore is the ideal companion for broadcast 24 7 or live shows OnTheAir Video can playout most QuickTime codecs provided they are i frame and has some advanced features some are optional such as Logo overlay multilingual Actions to trigger external devices such as GPI or Character generators etc Scheduling For Live shows OnTheAir Video also has the Cue mode which will make it a very easy to use video player to start Video subjects OnTheAir Manager 1 0b4 User Manual vers 1 1 Softron Media Services 1 3 OnTheAir Live OnTheAir Manager and OnTheAir Server OnTheAir Live and OnTheAir Manager are 2 Mac OS X client applications that can control OnTheAir Node Each have their specifities and in short OnTheAir Live is for Live production and OnTheAir Manager is for 24 7 scheduling of OnTheAir Node OnTheAir Live OnTheAir Live is bundled free with OnTheAir Node You can then install it on any number of client workstation One OnTheAir Live can control multiple OnTheAir Node OnTheAir Live is typically to be used in Live production to start news subjects with Cue mode A B Roll multiple playlist crea
17. ated It will rather see what time it is right now go one hour backwards and start from the event that should be playing one hour before and then add the duration you set here If you set it to 24 hours OnTheAir Manager will only send or validate the next 24 hours starting one hour backwards Playlist Import You can import ASCII playlists in OnTheAir Manager just a text file with the path of the different clips This text file can be encoded in different format and you can select here in which format it is exported If you create your playlists on a Mac with Excel for example you should choose Mac Roman formating Il 15 OnTheAir Manager 1 0b4 User Manual vers 1 1 Softron Media Services Il 16 Media Folder preferences Node Media Folder Equivalent Local Path When you will want to trim a clip OnTheAir Manager will need to have access to it For that the volume where the files are stored must be mounted your Mac If the path to the files is the same on the OnTheAir Node computer which indexes the files and OnTheAir Manager s computer you will not need to set any equivalent Local Path and OnTheAir Manager will have access to it Only if the path are different on the OnTheAir Node computer which indexes the files and OnTheAir Manager s computer or if you want to point to another volume folder will you need to set this preference To add a Equivalent Local Path click on the button on the bottom lef
18. coming signal if you have a video card that supports Keying To check refer to the Knowledge Base article here http softron zendesk com entries 303926 which video cards can you use to key If you enabled the Key on that Node Keying set to Internal or External in OnTheAir Node Playback Preferences you can then enable or disable keying for each individual clip Be aware though that every time you will enable or disable the key the output will jump So we recommend not to switch it often Audio Source Select here what will be the source of the audio that will be outputted e Player The Audio that will be outputted is the audio of the clips played e Audio In The Audio that will be outputted is the audio that is getting in the selected video input and coming for example from your studio Volume You can adjust the volume for every clip To adjust the volume select one or more clip and drag the slide bar in the drawer window Clip end Behavior This option sets the way the selected clip s should end e Normal the clip will end as it is set in the Playback Mode for the playlist So if the playlist is in Chain Mode OnTheAir Node will play the next clip if it is not in Chain Mode OnTheAir Node will stop after playing the clip If the playlist is in cue Mode OnTheAir Node will select the next clip ready to be cued e Loop OnTheAir Node will go back to the beginning of the clip and play it again All the other modes available in On
19. control almost any Video Router provided the plugin is available We control video routers using RS232 but may need to develop a specific plugin for you This development is free of charge Contact us before you buy OnTheAir Node to make sure that it will be possible to control your router and in which time frame e etc it can be almost anything that has to be controlled by the playout Contact us if you have some needs we ll be happy to talk about it Il 31 OnTheAir Manager 1 0b4 User Manual vers 1 1 Softron Media Services Il 32 gt 5 6 Clip Inspector In Out Duration 00 00 01 23 MovieTime Indicators e Current Position the timecode start at 00 00 00 00 at the position where the playhead is located e Duration the Clip Duration considering the in out points Preview Window Video Preview of the Movie Timeline Scrub Play into the Movie you can use standard JKL and arrows shortcuts to move the playhead In Out Points e In Point the timecode where the In Point is set e Out Point the timecode where the Out Point is set To set in and out points you can e go toa position in the timeline and use the i and o shortcuts e click on Mark Go Clear button e manually type the Timecode In Out Beware that these in out settings are set only for the selected clip in this playlist It will not change the in and out points of all the occurrences If you want to do that
20. ense it will unlock your current DEMO version so you are sure to be using the exact same version that you have tested There is absolutely no difference between a DEMO version and a licensed version except the important fact that you are not able to send your schedules to a Node with the DEMO version Il 14 OnTheAir Manager 1 0b4 User Manual vers 1 1 Softron Media Services Setting up OnTheAir Manager gt 4 1 General preferences The first tab of the OnTheAir Manager preferences window is the General preferences a00 Preferences Default Node Node 1 RAID Default Clip Duration Offline Clip 00 01 00 00 Live Clip 01 00 00 Node Control Validation Send Playlist Display M Show Thumbnails Playlist Import Text Encoding Unicode UTF 8 B Default Nodes Set which Node will be selected by default when you create a new Schedule Note that this willalso be this Node that will be used to display the list of available attributes in the Event and Playlist Categories Default Clip Duration You can create offline clips and Live Clips in OnTheAir Manager playlists and events This sets the default duration for these clips but you will of course be able to change the durations every time you create an offline or a Live clip Node Control Validation When you click on Send Schedule to Node or Validate Schedule OnTheAir Manager will not send validate the whole schedule you ve cre
21. ftron tv e Unzip the file e Drag and drop the file to the Applications Folder e Double click on the file OnTheAir Manager in the Applications Folder e That s it Using OnTheAir Manager in DEMO mode OnTheAir Manager can be used in DEMO mode as long as you wish and all features active except one major one you will not be able to send schedules to the Node So you will be able to build schedules and playlists etc but nothing can be sent to a Node If you want to make sure it answers your need please ask us a temporary serial number Once you ve tested OnTheAir Node thoroughly and want to buy it just contact your nearest reseller or go the Softron online store You will receive a Serial number or a dongle option gt 3 3 Licensing OnTheAir Manager All Softron applications can be licensed using Serial Numbers by default or Dongles optional By default you will receive a Serial Number They have the advantage that they can be sent quickly you will receive them by e mail and can t be lost But you will need to activate the serial number on the computer you want to install it on and deactivate it if you want to move it to another computer This requires an internet access For more informations on the Software Licensing download the Application Licensing Explained document available from the Document download page of the website http www softron tv support download_docs html When you receive the lic
22. have more relevant categories for EPG Electronic Program Guides How to add categories o type the name of your category in the Event Category Name field oe choose a color by clicking on the color well and selecting a color from the Color Selection window click on the icon g click on Apply 900 Colors 1 Il 17 Color New Category News Commercials Documentary Movie Series Music Sports Entertainement Filler NO CATEGORY Event Name New Category Event Name News Commercials Documentary Movie Series Music Sports Entertainement Filler NO CATEGORY New Category Attributes shown in Inspector come from the Default Node Attributes shown in Inspector come from the Default N iLL LEE LL i OnTheAir Manager 1 0b4 User Manual vers 1 1 Softron Media Services How to delete categories 1 Select the category you want to delete in the Category list 2 Click on the icon to delete it from the list Click on Apply O Confirm you want to delete it when prompted Event Name News Commercials Documentary Entertainement Filler NO CATEGORY New Category Attributes shown in Inspector come from the Default Node How to modify categories Me Select the category you want to modify in the Category list o Change its name and or color or modify its Attributes 3
23. ils Playlist Import Text Encoding Unicode UTF 8 h Go in the Event Categories preference tab and select the Movies Category Commercials Documentary Entertainement Filler NO CATEGORY New Category Attributes shown in Inspector come from the Default Node Apply 4 Il 19 OnTheAir Manager 1 0b4 User Manual vers 1 1 Softron Media Services Il 20 Minimize Zoom Go in the Menu Window gt Show Inspector or press cmd I to show the Inspector gt AppleProRes_HD v A MRECEXxpress k 20100924 145537 Lo mov 20100924 145726 Lo mov 20100924 145802 Lo mov 20100924 155306 Lo mov Bring All to Front Media Browser Inspector Verification Results 2EB Preferences test Select the First tab Attributes click on the little triangle in front of Built in to reveal the list of Built in Attributes and choose your Movies logo in the Overlay logo attribute menu O Audio Source Player a Audio Volume 1 0 O Clip End Behaviour Normal M Overlay Logo Movies_Logo png be O Reverse Field Order Normal 4 GPIlCommander Kramer VS x02 Matrix Switcher Node Plugin __ Click on Apply in the Event Categories preference window Event Name News Commercials Documentary Entertainement Filler NO CATEGORY New Category Attributes shown in Inspector come from the Default Node C
24. iour so each node will be able to either ingest or playout according to its schedule or the remote control commands OnTheAir Manager 1 0b4 User Manual vers 1 1 Softron Media Services 1 2 About OnTheAir Video DV Express This manual concerns OnTheAir Manager OnTheAir Manager is the free client application for OnTheAir Node a client server playout application There are also some standalone playout solutions available OnTheAir Video OnTheAir Video DV and OnTheAir Video Express each with a speciality Here is a quick description of each of them so you can make your choice But to have an extensive view of the differences between each version you should refer to the following page of the Softron website http www softron tv products playout_standalone compare html OnTheAir Video Express 00 06 54 25 00 23 00 01 06 55 16 05 Lieu CCOO Players 00 00 00 00 peal 00 00 12 24 My Serie Episode 1 mov Clouds mov 00 00 12 24 2010 04 01 15 27 22 0200 We New York Streets mov 00 03 13 26 TAB He Doc MM 2010 04 02 13 57 52 0200 00 00 00 06 Evening News mov 00 23 00 02 News 2010 09 27 12 25 41 0200 00 00 01 22 Desert mov 00 00 09 13 2010 04 01 15 29 06 0200 02 00 00 00 _ 2010 09 27 13 18 34 0200 00 00 11 09 ss M Entertainment 1 52 min mov PE Entertainment mn 2010 09 27 12 12 58 0200 00 00 15 01 iq E 00 00 03 09 Sports Basketball mov k Commercials 00 56 0
25. l 24 OnTheAir Manager 1 0b4 User Manual vers 1 1 Softron Media Services Il 25 Media Browser For Manager 2500_i_0720x0576_IMX50b mov gt Audio Tests gt Commercials v Commercials copy Clouds mov Desert mov Dive in Slow Mo mov Dolphins 1 mov Dolphins 2 mov FIRE mov Hors Ride mov gt jj infomercials Jump 1 mov f Jump 2 mov Kids mov Lights mov Rodeo mov Water mov v Documentary Documentary_23min mov New York Streets copy mov New York Streets mov Skys mov Tropical Paradises mov US Cities mov v Entertainment Entertainment 1 52 min mov Entertainment 2 52 min mov Music Clip mov f amp INSTANT LIVE INSTANT LIVE 3 f amp INSTANT LIVE 4 v Jingles JINGLE Softron IN mov JINGLE Softron OUT mov Y Movie My Beautifull Movie copy mov My Beautifull Movie mov gt News Commercials Commercials Commercials Commercials Commercials Commercials Commercials Commercials Commercials Commercials Commercials Commercials Commercials Documentary O News Documentary Documentary Documentary Documentary Entertainment Entertainment Entertainment Sports Sports Sports Node Name Refresh Button Click on the Refresh button if you want to force the selected OnTheAir Node to rescan 00 00 12 00 00 09 00 00 21 00 00 11
26. l 29 gt 5 4 Inspector General Idea OnTheAir Manager has a very powerful Inspector This is the same inspector that you use to modify Events Playlists or Clips The Inspector will eventually modify to show a different content For example playlist don t have a start date and time only event have a start date and time or clips don t have a category events don t have in out points etc 3 0 Alpha Key Off O Audio Source eee Player Audio Volume 1 0 O Clip End Behaviour Se Normal O Overlay Logo Default O Reverse Field Order Normal C Kramer VS x02 Output O1 1 Kramer VS x02 Output 02 1 O Kramer VS x02 Serial Port Name e55 Clip Playlist Event Inspector Attributes Tool Bar Select what you want to see edit Attributes In Out Info Built in Attributes Modify the Built in Attributes here Alpha Key Audio Source Audio Volume Clip End Behavior Logo Overlay Reverse field Order Custom Attributes Modify the Custom Attributes These attributes will depend on the plugins to control for example GPI Commander or a Video Router that are installed on the selected Node OnTheAir Manager 1 0b4 User Manual vers 1 1 Softron Media Services Built in Attributes Alpha Key You can use OnTheAir Node to overlay graphics on top of an in
27. le is shorter than before it will loose its eventual out points Remove Offline Clip Will delete the selected offline clip s note that you can select multiple Offline clips at a time Even in multiple Folders Make Live Clip OnTheAir Manager can handle Live clips and you can create them here Again give it a Name and duration and click on OK see the chapter about Live clips later in this manual for more informations Make Live Clip Name Duration 01 00 00 Cone E OnTheAir Manager 1 0b4 User Manual vers 1 1 Softron Media Services Il 27 PRIME TIME Shows Y 18 00 00 20 00 00 18 00 00 20 00 00 PRIME TIME Shows D Window Flaylist Name 5 0 12 57 mn 00 07 57 00 4 1 26 NN Dolphins 1 RAR tone 00 00 11 2010 04 01 15 34 18 46 05 Clouds Commercials Apple ProRes LT 1920x1080 29 97 fps EN 8 00 11 pam gt My Serie Episode 1 00 23 00 2010 09 27 12 5 18 46 18 Desert Commercials Apple ProRes LT 1920x1080 29 97 fps EN 8 23 11 pas E Music LOOP 00 19 23 2010 11 16 18 8 42 34 p ome LOS A rent 8 46 05 Fa i p Tropical Paradises Ads Block 01 00 03 30 2010 04 02 14 3 00 20 54 2010 11 16 13 49 18 46 27 18 46 49 pomme Dolphins 1 Dive in Slow Mo Commercials Opa RATNER PO 97 AREN Commercials Apple ProRes LT 1920x1080 29 97 fps EN 18 47 01
28. life avi 2004 03 10 03 48 32 00 03 40 00 22 48 08 streetlife avi 2004 03 10 03 48 32 00 03 40 OnTheAir Video Express OnTheAir Video Express is the entry level playout application Its strength relies in that it can output any file QuickTime can read to any available Video output If you can open a file with QuickTime you can output it with OnTheAir Video Express It can also read ARGB files This means that from After Effects or Motion project you can export a file in Animation codec or Apple ProRes 4444 and overlay that file on top of an incoming signal making it a really efficient Character Generator with tools you know As QuickTime is used to output the video and not our own engine as with OnTheAir Video OnTheAir Video Express is not a playout application recommended for 24 7 it is rather intended at Live shows or productions It also doesn t have some options like the Scheduling or Logo overlay option OnTheAir Video DV The FireWire Version of OnTheAir Video called OnTheAir Video DV works only with any FireWire Converter With the multichannel video option you can output up to 4 video signal from one computer with additional FireWire card and the appropriate number for FireWire converter The strength of OnTheAir Video DV is that it is very light to run and can run from a laptop Mac mini with very few memory It has the Scheduling option making it possible to use for 24 7 broadcast operations Comp
29. local you need to be on the computer to control it With OnTheAir Node OnTheAir Manager or OnTheAir Live One client OnTheAir Manager or OnTheAir Live control one output OnTheAir Node on the same computer One client OnTheAir Manager or OnTheAir Live control 2 output OnTheAir Node on the same computer A V signals Saas Network l 9 OnTheAir Manager 1 0b4 User Manual vers 1 1 Softron Media Services One client OnTheAir Manager or OnTheAir Live control multiple output OnTheAir Node remotely by connecting to the Nodes with Ethernet P eS EEE NN 1 SO er M One or multiple output OnTheAir Node can be controlled by multiple clients only OnTheAir Live for OnTheAir Manager you will need OnTheAir Server EFF eee OA lt I 10 OnTheAir Manager 1 0b4 User Manual vers 1 1 Softron Media Services With OnTheAir Node OnTheAir Server OnTheAir Manager One and or multiple clients OnTheAir Manager control one and or multiple output OnTheAir Node by connecting to a Server OnTheAir Server Pe eee Le TA STITT PM 4 TO AI R x Eos f m 0 CELL LEE e A V signals SSS Network ibd OnTheAir Manager 1 0b4 User Manual vers 1 1 Softron Media Services System Requirements 2 1 Computer Requirements OnTheAir Manager requires e any Intel Computer e Minimum 4 GB RAM e Mac OS X version
30. mmercials 2010 04 01 15 29 EE Apple ProRes LT 1920x1060 29 97 fps EN ns 7 Music LOOP 19 18 46 27 Dive in Slow Mo 00 00 21 2010 11 16 18 35 Commercials 2010 04 01 15 32 nn ER Apple Pistes LE G92010R 02097 fps EN ne pin 4 18 46 49 Dolphins 1 00 00 11 Commercials 2010 04 01 15 34 Apple ProRes LT 1920x1080 29 97 fps EN 18 47 01 Dolphins 2 00 00 12 Commercials 2010 04 01 15 36 Apple ProRes LT 1920x1080 29 97 fps EN 00 00 04 2010 04 02 13 32 00 00 04 2010 04 02 13 33 00 00 11 2010 04 01 15 40 00 00 02 2010 04 01 15 41 PRIME TIME Shows 18 00 00 20 00 00 18 00 00 20 00 00 PRIME TIME Shows 23 31 09 My Serie Episode 2 reach s r a a as A 27 23 54 09 INSTANT LIVE 4 l 7 OnTheAir Manager 1 0b4 User Manual vers 1 1 Softron Media Services l 8 OnTheAir Server Er When creating playlists with OnTheAir Live or playlists and schedules with OnTheAir Manager they are stored locally to the client This means that multiple users can not access the same schedules and playlists With OnTheAir Live it is relatively easy to overcome as you can save the vpls playlist to a shared storage and open it from multiple locations But with OnTheAir Manager all is stored in a local database which can not be saved to a shared storage and opened by multiple users as it would result in conflicts when multiple users will try to
31. ng a playlist and set its Overlay logo attribute to None e Create a new playlist e Select it in the playlist browser or in an event e Inthe Inspector go to the Built in Attributes window and set the Overlay logo attribute to None e Drag that playlist in your Movie event e Drag your Commercial clips in that Commercial playlist e Then all the clips that you drag in there will inherit the Commercial playlist attributes and have no logo overlaid except if you manually select a clip and force it to have another logo of course 3 Using a playlist that has a category which has the Overlay logo attribute set to None e In your Event Categories preferences create a Commercials playlist category and mopdify its attributes so the value for the Overlay Logo attribute is set to None e Create a new playlist and set its category to Commercial e Drag that playlist in your Movie event e Drag your Commercial clips in that Commercial playlist e Then all the clips that you drag in there will inherit the Commercial playlist attributes and have no logo overlaid except if you manually select a clip and force it to have another logo of course OnTheAir Manager 1 0b4 User Manual vers 1 1 Softron Media Services Using OnTheAir Manager In this third part we will explain how to use the OnTheAir Manager Il 22 OnTheAir Manager 1 0b4 User Manual vers 1 1 Softron Media Services Overview of the
32. ode e when you click on the Send Schedule button on the Validation button or on the playback control icons it will do it only for the selected Node e When you change the Selected Node of a given schedule all the clips information and playlists need to be recomputed to check if there are any offline files etc The more you have playlists events and clips in these playlists and events the more this process will be long That s why we advise not to have too long schedules and rather to have for example monthly Schedules QO 6 O Validation and Send Schedule button Before sending your schedule to OnTheAir Node you will want to validate it to see if there are any underrun offline clips etc Click on this icon to start the validation y A window will popup to show you eventually some issues More info on validations later in this chapter Once you are sure your schedule is ready you can click on the Send Schedule button The Send Schedule button will change color depending on the status amp GREEN the Schedule on the selected Node is up to date compared to what you are seeing in the user interface fa ORANGE the Schedule on the selected Node is different then what you see in your user interface IT has been modified by you or another user since the last time it was sent to OnTheAir Node this means that some clips that you see here may not be in the playlists of the Node RED the Schedule on the selected
33. ps Apple ProRes LT 1920x1080 29 97 fps Apple ProRes LT 1920x1080 29 97 fps Apple ProRes LT 1920x1080 29 97 fps Apple ProRes HQ 1920x1080 29 97 fps Apple ProRes HQ 1920x1080 29 97 fps Apple ProRes HQ 1920x1080 25 00 fps DV 25 PAL 720x576 25 00 fps DV 25 PAL 720x576 25 00 fps DV 25 PAL 720x576 25 00 fps Apple ProRes LT 1920x1080 29 97 fps Apple ProRes LT 1920x1080 29 97 fps Apple ProRes HQ 1920x1080 29 97 fps Apple ProRes HQ 1920x1080 29 97 fps its media folders and recheck if any new media has arrived Be aware that this may take a while and that the Node might not be responsive during the scanning process called enumeration This button is to be used for Xsan users where sometimes the Node is not warned that a new file has arrived or has been deleted Thumbnail Shows the Thumbnail of the selected clip List of available Media for the selected Node There is the list of all Media available for the selected Node with informations such as the validity will be greyed out if not valid or offline the Finder Label set in the Finder the Duration the Last Modification Date the format Number of Selected Items OnTheAir Manager 1 0b4 User Manual vers 1 1 Softron Media Services Il 26 Note that when you Control Click on a folder or clip in the Media Browser you get the following menu Reveal in Finder Refresh Make Offline Clip Remove Offline Clip Make Live Clip
34. s are in the Schedule s dates Follow Mode On Off When this button is enabled the calendar and playlist view will follow and automatically scroll and open playlist to show what is currently playing on Node Be aware that you will not be able to modify playlists when the Follow mode is activated Playback Controls Lock Unlock Node control Using these buttons ou can have basic controls over playout such as stop pause play and skip to next Note that you need to be authenticated to OnTheAir Node and that you need to maintain the alt key pressed to be able to control this It is also on the left and right of these playback control buttons that you will find the Lock e and Unlock a Node Control buttons When you are not authenticated the Lock button and playback control buttons are greyed out so you can only click on the Unlock button When you are authenticated and want to lock the control of the Node you need to click on the Lock button the one that is not greyed out OnTheAir Manager 1 0b4 User Manual vers 1 1 Softron Media Services I 28 Selected Node When you select a Node in this popup menu it will change a few things in the interface e the media browser will reflect the clips available for that specific Node e the list of attributes in Inspector will reflect the available attributes for that Node e the status Online Not valid Offline of the clips in playlist will reflect their status for that N
35. t This window will show up Nodes LNode 1 Media Folders Volumes Media Equivalent Local Path Users admin Movies LL Choose C cancel Select the Node you want from the list Then OnTheAir Manager will show you the list of Media Folders for that Node Select the one you need and then click on the Choose button to choose the folder equivalent to the one selected in OnTheAir Node Media Folders OnTheAir Manager 1 0b4 User Manual vers 1 1 Softron Media Services 4 3 Add delete modify Categories Event Name Event Name News Commercials Documentary Movie Series Music Sports Entertainement Filler NO CATEGORY Attributes shown in Inspector come from the Default Node One of the most attractive feature of OnTheAir Manager is its ability to work with Categories Categories are not only a way to put colors to different types of Events or Playlists it is a way to automate the insertion of logos and graphics the control of GPI triggers or Video routers Once categories are set users will usually not have to remember what logo they should put on which type of playlist they will just have to select the appropriate category and OnTheAir Manager will do the rest There are two types of Categories Playlist and Events They are basically roughly the same and working the same way but we wanted to enable you to have different categories for playlists or events so you can
36. the node and what their possible values are An example is the GPICommander plugin the first plug in to be released with the Node which advertises all its inputs and outputs along with their state When the node is playing a clip and its attributes are different than the current value the plug in will automatically be called to adapt its state So for instance if a clip is marked with an attribute of GPICommander Output 1 On and the current value is off then the appropriate output will be turned on automatically when the clip begins That makes it very easy to assign attributes to clips and does not require to use manual actions anymore Another available attribute is the logo overlay The clients know exactly what logo overlay files are available on the node and can select which one to apply on each clip OnTheAir Manager 1 0b4 User Manual vers 1 1 Softron Media Services I 5 Playout OnTheAir Node uses under the hood our well knows playback engine that provides seamless reliable SD and HD playout functions while adding features like multi lingual audio support Station logo overlay and last but not least alpha support for ARGB playback playing a movie with its key on a separate output Each host computer will originally support two nodes to allow for multi channel playout and or ingest Ingest While the ingest module for the Node will not be available until this summer it will be completely integrated in the Node behav
37. tions etc The great advantages compared to OnTheAir Video is that multiple clients can see what is playing so you can have your producer and journalists seeing what is the clip that is currently playing without 2000000 ma aooo being able to control the playout and have only the operator m a A controlling the playout The A B Roll is also a unique feature TETE in OnTheAir Live where you can have the next 2 subjects ready to play OnTheAir Manager OnTheAir Manager is another client application This one is not free This the application that enables you to schedule your playout for 24 7 It has a calendar style user interface and have some great new features like hierarchical playlists clip categories inherited attributes repeated events Live clips etc One OnTheAir Manager can take control of multiple OnTheAir Node But the schedules and playlists on one OnTheAir Manager client can not be shared among multiple users as they are stored locally If you want to be able to have multiple clients modifying the same schedules and playlists you will need OnTheAir Server Ca omna A AO 00 1 2 1 9 TTT 00 08 34 00 1 0 48 AOOOOOOONDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODOOODUOOOOOOOODOUOONOOOOOOOODOOONMMMMMMI 00 08 34 18 46 05 Clouds 00 00 12 Commercials 2010 04 01 15 34 Commercials 2010 04 01 15 27 Apple ProRes LT 1920x1080 29 97 fps EN My Serie Episode 1 TER 18 46 18 Desert 00 00 j Co
38. user interface gt 5 1 Welcome Window Schedule List When you start OnTheAir Manager this window should pop up Welcome to OnTheAir Manager Version 1 0 Create a new schedule Start a new Schedule for OnTheAir Node Read the manual Open the pdf manual of OnTheAir Manager About OnTheAir Server Check what you can get when using OnTheAir Server with OnTheAir Manager To start up you need to create a new schedule For that click on e Create a new schedule on the left hand side e the icon at the bottom of the list This window should open Schedule Name Start From Date 01 11 2010 To Date 30 11 2010 E 8 Cancel OK Give your schedule a Name and a Start End date and click on OK A Schedule is not linked to a specific Node The Node selection is done in the Main Window and the default Node is set in the preferences Il 23 OnTheAir Manager 1 0b4 User Manual vers 1 1 Softron Media Services You can create an unlimited number of schedules Welcome to OnTheAir Manager Version 1 0 Create a new schedule Start a new Schedule for OnTheAir Node Read the manual Open the pdf manual of November OnTheAir Manager Fi About OnTheAir Server Ci December Check what you can get when using al OnTheAir Server with OnTheAir Manager Last modification date 16 11 10 19 04 To open your new schedule select it in the list and click on Open I
39. you ll have to re export the clip or copy paste it from one playlist to another OnTheAir Manager 1 0b4 User Manual vers 1 1 Softron Media Services Il 33 7 Clip Inspector Info Info is the tab where you can see different informations such as the full path of the clip its codec This can be very useful if you want to check where a media is located etc Clip Name Artbeats_ Compilation_AppleProResHQ Apple Source Volumes Video Videos_NTSC Apple ProRes Artbeats_ Compilation_AppleProResHQ Apple Format Apple ProRes Standard FPS 29 97 drop frame Duration 00 03 05 22 Size 1920 x 1080 pixels Node Name Node 2 TEST In Point none Out Point none Media Folder Path Volumes Video Videos NTSC OnTheAir Manager 1 0b4 User Manual vers 1 1 Softron Media Services Il 34 ET Playlist Inspector Info If you click on a playlist you ll see that the Info Inspector for the playlist is different and if you can not modify any setting for a clip with a playlist you can modify Title the name of the playlist Preset Duration the duration that you are planning the playlist will be Be aware that it s the duration you ll see if you drag a playlist in an event and this is this duration that is taken into account to calculate the Underrun Oberrun values not the real duration If you want the real duration to be taken into account you must uncheck the preset duration Loop you can set the playlist
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