Xedio Cutter User Manual
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1. Goto Previous Button used to move from the current Frame position to the previous frame Go 10 frames backward This is used together to move 10 frames backward Button used to move from the current position to the following frame Goto Next Frame Go 10 frames forward This is used together to move 10 frames forward Fast Rewind Button used to start moving backwards through the media at a preset fast speed The speeds are set in the Database Manager application Increase Rewind f Speed Gama Fast Forward E Ha El This increases the fast rewind speed Button used to start moving forwards through the media at a preset fast speed The speeds are set in the Database Manager application Increase a E This increases the fast forward speed Forward Speed t J bd keyboard shortcuts are used to navigate in a combination of shuttle and scrub at the same time backwards and forwards in A V content The following table lists their different uses 20 3 Player USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 50 Xedio Cutter 3 4 2 3 Player Keyboard Shortcut Hold ta p Hold ta i p p ra Hold hold K fi Hold hold V 5 Function Description Shuttles scrubs backward at twice the real time speed Pressing repeatedly the key will increase the shuttling scrubbing speed in a loop x1 x2 x3 x5 x8 and then back to x1 G Note ra If another key is presse2. Part Name 1 Video Display 2 Track Selection Buttons Bi Jog and Media Bar 4 Clip Creation Fields 5 Cue Point Icons 6 Transport Control Icons fe Server Recorder Selection 8 Audiometers Description It displays the video material loaded on the Player Everything that is outside the video content has the skin color Letterboxed or pillarboxed video show black bars as these mattes are part of the video signal Parameters related to the display are available via a contextual menu See section Video Display Options on page 19 They allow the user to select the tracks to be taken into account for the loaded material See section Video and Audio Monitoring Tools on page 24 They allow the user to navigate in the loaded material to place IN OUT and nowline points as well as to modify the playback speed of the material See section Media Bar and Jog Bar on page 21 They are used to create new clips and get the exact timecode of the nowline IN and OUT points See sections Clip Creation Functions on page 24 and Timecode Information on page 24 The cue points make it possible to add reference points to easily identify positions of interest in the loaded media See section Logs on page 28 They are used to play back the loaded media See section Player Transport Controls on page 19 The bang button acts as a toggle switch between the Track Selection buttons and the camera selection
3. Audio meters located on the right side of the Video Display represent the audio channels of the monitored track 21 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 50 B September 2014 3 4 6 28 Logs Logs are reference marks that can be placed wherever needed on the loaded media Their purpose is to mark points of interest on the media and to facilitate rapid movement between them 00 00 37 16 00 00 37 16 00 00 37 16 y They are shown on the media bar as transparent triangles There is always a black stripe below the video display when logs are present on the loaded media clip When the nowline is on a log timecode a transparent triangle appears on the left of this black stripe This button creates the mark on the media at the nowline position and is visible as a triangle on media bar at the corresponding video frame This removes a log when the nowline is placed on it The Goto Previous Mark and Goto Next Mark buttons allow movement between the marked frames 3 Player V E USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 50 Xedio Cutter E 3 5 Loading Media on the Player Window You can proceed in different ways to load media on the Player e Drag the media from the Media Manager window to the Player window 012 32 06 49 19 6518 00 06 49 19 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 fo 00 00 00 0C Y J 00 01 57 13 dD 13 JN Description XT Clip 626 inp XT Cip 626 inp Class Media Categ
4. 00 00 31 08 00 00 18 23 00 00 54 04 00 00 11 21 00 00 10 16 00 01 04 10 00 00 46 07 00 03 59 23 00 00 05 24 The upper part of the pane gives access to the different filters which can be applied to the media list At least two tabs exist on the left of the Media Manager window 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 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 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 2 Media Manager V E USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 50 Xedio Cutter a 2 3 2 3 1 2 3 2 2 Media Manager Elements Grid Sorting the Elements in the Grid You can change the sort order of elements in the grid by clicking the column header for the parameter according to which you want to sort the elements The blue arrow indicates the sorting order Clicking the column header again changes the sorting order from ascending to descending or vice versa Organizing Columns Resizing Columns A column can be resized by using the mouse pointer over columns intersection and dragging it to the right or to the left Selecting Columns to D
5. 2 Click the ba button to display the list of options available for the selected filter parameter Example for the Video Standard VideoStandard MM PAL 5D BI HD 10801 250 M HD 720p 250 M HD 1080p 2 50 MM NTSC drop SD BI HD 1020i 59 94 E HD 720p 259 94 E HD 1080p 59 94 3 Select an option from the list 2 Media Manager 13 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 50 B September 2014 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 i 2 Click the Show Hide Filter button The Advanced Search area is displayed ALL Criteria are met 3 Select a criteria combination from the list ALL Entera are met ANY Criteria is met HO Criteria ls met 4 Select a search parameter from the list of parameters An entire line corresponding to the selected filter parameter is displayed ALL Criteria are met Camera 2 Media Manager M E USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 50 Xedio Cutter Ea 2 4 4 2 Media Manager 5 Enter filter criteria as explained in section Advanced Search Fields Types on page 11 For free text f
6. 3 Player 29 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 50 B September 2014 30 5 6 Click the button to mark the IN point On the video display a is shown on the frame and a green line appears on the media bar Determine the OUT point for the clip in one of the following ways o Use the transport functions or o Drag the nowline to the selected position or o Entera value in the OUT field Click the button to mark the IN point On the video display a is shown on the frame and a red line appears on the media bar If needed select the audio for the clip Enter a name for the clip in the Clip Name field You can then use the clip in the Storyboard 3 Player V E USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 50 Xedio Cutter Ea 4 Storyboard 4 1 Purpose When clips have been marked in the Player pane and are ready to export they can be dropped into the Storyboard area Thumbnail Media Label Clip Label Duration 01 58 37 07 mi eles ger ls 00 00 04 02 02 00 30 09 02 00 40 24 00 00 10 15 Dest Todi User SUPPORT EYS EditID Class Highlights Short Project Edit Length 00 00 73 71 4 Storyboard 31 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 50 B September 2014 4 2 32 Creating and Managing the Storyboard List Adding a Clip to the Storyboard To add a clip or media to the list drag it from the Player window onto the Storyboard area It will always be added at the end of the li
7. 33 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 50 B September 2014 4 4 Exporting the Storyboard 4 4 1 Introduction Once your storyboard is finalized you can export it to multiple destinations and in multiple formats at the same time Xedio Cutter makes it possible to export the storyboard to various destination types to Edit This allows you to consolidate a storyboard and store it as a single clip in the Xedio storage system and Xedio database to Playlist This allows you to export the storyboard to a playlist for use in Playout Organizer to File This allows you to export a storyboard to a file that can be read by an external system to Target This allows you to export a storyboard according to a predefined Xsquare target 4 4 2 Exporting the Storyboard to Edit How to Export the List to CleanEdit To export the storyboard to CleanEdit for use on the timeline proceed as follows 1 2 3 4 7 Select the To Edit tab Select a user from the User field optional Select a class from the Class field Enter a project name in the Project field This could be an existing known project from the selected user or a new project name Enter a new edit name in the Edit field to place the clips in the timeline in the same order as they appear in the storyboard A text note can be added and linked to the edit Click the Story Text button on the panel and enter the desired text Click the Send button A confirmatio
8. Save Filters To save filters proceed as follows 1 4 5 Define the filter or filters combination you wish to save as explained in section How to Perform an Advanced Search on page 14 Right click the Filter O tab Select Save Filter As from the contextual menu The Filter Edit Dialog box opens Enter a label for the tab you are going to create and if required enter a description 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 2 Media Manager M E USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 50 Xedio Cutter Ea 3 Player 3 1 Purpose The Player is used to load and play media from the Media Manager area to make clips and create the elements to be placed in the Storyboard area 3 2 Overview of the Player Pane The Player pane provides a video display a media bar and a jog bar to navigate within the element video and audio selection and monitoring buttons transport buttons and timecode fields audio vumeters Baking B 111A EN k KN AG Ea xe ae as E a Y e A ia ng tae ae Bw nahh ey 4 A ig 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 E a gt gt 00 01 57 12 0001 57 13 3 Player EVS Broadcast Equipment SA NEV Issue 4 50 B September 2014 The following table briefly describes the various zones on the Player area and refers to the section where the fields are detailed
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10. of Contents Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS DD HI WHAT S NEW LU V 1 INTRODUCTION u 22 a 1 1 1 Product Description cnc 1 1 2 Opening Xedio Cutter cnn rc cnc 1 1 3 Overview of the Xedio Cutter Window 0 0 0 0 ee cece eee cece eee eeeeeee 2 1 4 Process Overview U nn nn nnnnns 3 2 MEDIA MANAGER DL hh onanan cece cece cence cece nann 222 4 2 1 Purpose ns 4 2 2 Overview of the Media Manager 2 222 ec cece cece ccc eecceecceeceeeseeees 4 2 3 Elements Grid 0 02 o cece ccc cee eee ee eee cee cee cece eee ronron 5 2 3 1 Sorting the Elements in the Grid 5 2 3 2 Organizing Columns nono cnc nc 5 2 3 3 Element Contextual Menu cnc 6 2 4 Searching for Elements in the List 00002 e ccc eee cece eee cc eeeceeeeees 6 2 4 1 Introduction a 6 2 4 2 Quick Text Search cece cece cece cence cnn cnc T 2 4 3 Advanced Search cnn cceecceeecceeeeeeeeees 9 2 4 4 Using Saved Filters a 15 3 PLAYER a 17 3 1 Purpose ns 17 3 2 Overview of the Player Pane 0 0 a 17 3 3 Video Display Options a 19 3 4 Player Functions a 19 3 4 1 Player Transport Controls 022 22 cece cece eee cece eee ceeceeeeees 19 3 4 2 Media Bar and Jog Bar i cece ec cece eee eee cee eeeceeeee 21 3 4 3 Clip Cre
11. several metadata profiles have been selected for use with the edits from the Edit Metadata Profile Association window in Xedio Manager one default profile and one or more associated profiles then the first line displays the name of the default metadata profile and can be used to select another profile Metadata Profile Summer Event Eve nt E at E JE ill 3 Tap 0 3 E cession Da Y Sport Foothall 6 Complete the metadata profile fields if needed 7 Click Submit at the bottom of the tab 37 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 50 B September 2014 The storyboard is exported as defined in the selected target profile The progress of the export job to an Xsquare target can be monitored by clicking the Monitoring button Monitoring the Export Process to a Target The Monitor button is used to monitor the export status The Monitoring window contains one tab per Xsquare server provided that Xsquare servers have been configured from Xedio Manager 38 4 Storyboard 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 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
12. 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 te 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 Audio can be heard when using the jog EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 50 B September 2014 3 4 3 Clip Creation Functions User Interface Operation Button Description Mark IN Sets an IN point at the current position The timecode of the IN point is then displayed in the IN field Mark OUT Sets an OUT point at the current position The timecode of the OUT point is then displayed in the OUT field 3 4 4 Timecode Information Current Position Timecode IN Total Length of Media Mia C enean F ing E IE 1 57 04 23 ng clip 001 01 56 45 10 Jai aT E f gt 00 00 27 00 Clip Name Timecode OUT Clip Duration 3 4 5 Video
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14. 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 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 perform 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 Ei and detailed in section Quick Text Search Rules on page 7 Click the Search button to apply the Quick Text Search Depending on whether the AutoRefresh Filtering settin
15. USER MANUAL Xedio Cutter Version 4 50 September 2014 V M E USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 50 Xedio Cutter a Copyright EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Copyright O 2010 2014 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 Y our 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 Y ou 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 V E USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 50 Xedio Cutter a Table
16. ained 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 next to the Quick Text Search field See section Quick Text Search Rules on page 7 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 emp 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 Text Search field The free text search is not a case sensitive operation EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 50 B September 2014 Search String Search Result Yellow card Searches for the strings yellow and card even if in two different fields columns for example yellow in
17. 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 24 3 Player V E USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 50 Xedio Cutter Ea Here is an example with 4 tracks of stereo channels Right Audio Channel Channel Selection Left Audio Channel viden 1 O DO Monitoring of the 1st Stereo Track o Monitoring of the 4th Stereo Track Monitoring of the 2nd Stereo Track g Monitoring of the 3rd Stereo Track The different types of audio tracks of a loaded media or clip are displayed as follows e A mono track is represented by NG o e Astereo track is represented by De a 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 KA button allows to display the additional tracks Video and Audio Tracks Selection When you create a sub clip you need to select the video and the requested audio chamnels Selection of the Video Channel The Video button is clicked to select or remove the video So the clip made contains or not the video 3 Player 25 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 50 B September 2014 26 Selection of an Audio Channel The left and the right loudspeaker buttons of an audio stereo track oO a are used to select or remo
18. as these mattes are part of the video signal When the Preview button is clicked the Player window is replaced by the Storyboard Preview window Media This is used to select the media to view in the Player window It has Manager the same powerful filtering and search attributes as other parts of the Xedio Suite of applications this makes finding the required material an easy process Storyboard When clips are ready to export they are added to the Storyboard area using the drag and drop technique The order in which the clips appear in the list will be the order they are placed when exported Process Overview The use of Xedio Cutter can be summarized as follows 1 Select a media from the Media Manager See section Media Manager on page 4 Load it on the Player Pane See section Loading Media on the Player Window on page 29 Make a new clip See section Making a Clip on page 29 Send the clip to the Storyboard See section Creating and Managing the Storyboard List on page 32 Preview the Storyboard in the Player Pane See section Previewing the List on page 33 Export the Storyboard See section Exporting the Storyboard on page 34 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 2 2 1 2 2 Class Media Manager Purpose Issue 4 50 B September 2014 The Media Manager pane allows you to quickly find and browse the available A V media present within the database Overview of the Media Manager Media Category Labe
19. ation Functions 22 2 e cece cece eee cece eee ceeeeeeees 24 3 4 4 Timecode Information 2 a 24 3 4 5 Video and Audio Monitoring Tools 22 22 e ee eee eee cece eee eeee 24 3 4 6 LOIS Aa 28 3 5 Loading Media on the Player Window 0 0 2 222 e cece eee cee eee eee 29 3 6 Making a Clip 0 a 29 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 50 B September 2014 4 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 STORYBOARD o oo xx 31 PUDO O a PAA E 31 Creating and Managing the Storyboard List 22 2 2 eee eee eee eee eee eee 32 Previewing the List a 33 Exporting the Storyboard cnc cnccnnc cnn 34 AAT a A AAA cue nsevexteudasentsceleneuuecsase 34 4 4 2 Exporting the Storyboard to Edit 022 e cece eee eee eee 34 4 4 3 Exporting the Storyboard to a Playlist 0222222 e eee eee 36 4 4 4 Exporting the Storyboard as a File c eee eee eee ee eee 36 4 4 5 Exporting the Storyboard to a Target 0 00 2 22222 eee e eee ee eee ee 37 Table of Contents V E USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 50 Xedio Cutter ao What s New What s New In the user manual the icon NEW 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 Cutter from Xedio Suite 4 50 Compared to Xedio Suite 4 40 are listed below Li
20. ault folder c 1 where the grab is stored is defined in Xedio Manager gt Software gt ParameterProfiles gt General gt General tab settings GrabStillFrameFolder parameter Show Label Displays the name of the loaded item on the top of the Video Display Player Functions Player Transport Controls The following table shows an overview of the various transport control commands in the Player A button and or a keyboard shortcut can be used to perform each action For a full list of commands activated via a shortcut key refer to Xedio Manager Softwares gt Keyboard Profiles gt Xedio Cutter gt default gt Player a Note A The user can customize the keyboard shortcuts in Xedio Manager to perform transport control commands The keys mentioned below are the default settings 19 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 50 B September 2014 Operation User Interface Button Description Play and Stop PA Mg b_i Button used to start stop the preview video and or audio of the loaded media Play when recorded This starts the playout at the end of a media currently being recorded Play from IN to Button used to play from the marked IN OUT point to the OUT point Loop This loops the playout from IN to OUT Goto IN fe This moves the current nowline position o Y to the already existing IN point Goto OUT fon This moves the current nowline position maa 3 to the already existing OUT point
21. ccount as well e Clip 3 contains four stereo tracks The two first stereo tracks can be used as they are already taken into account for the previous clips As the 16 available audio channels are already used the two other stereo tracks cannot be used and are dropped from the exported edit 4 Storyboard 35 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 50 B September 2014 4 4 3 Exporting the Storyboard to a Playlist To export the storyboard to a playlist for use in Playout Organizer proceed as follows 1 2 3 4 Select the To Playlist tab Select a user from the User field Enter a playlist name in the Playlist field Click the Send button on the panel A confirmation message will be displayed in case of successful playlist creation in the database Click OK 4 4 4 Exporting the Storyboard as a File To export the storyboard as a file for transfer and use with external programs proceed as follows 1 2 3 4 8 36 Select the To File tab Select a codec from the Codec field to encode the clips Enter a file name prefix in the Prefix field Select the Merge option to merge the storyboard clips in one single output file Otherwise all clips will be saved each as a separate file Select the Sel Only option to output only the clips selected in the list Otherwise all clips will be used to generate the output In the Path field enter or select the directory and its path where to save the output files Click
22. ction Advanced Search Fields Types on page 11 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 mo button next to the field 2 Media Manager M E USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 50 Xedio Cutter Ea 2 Media Manager 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 TCIN 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 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 condition or a logical operator in the first field bug T11 E gt EOI O today pester d an next week last week nest month this month last month EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 50 B September 2014 2 This will condition the next step o Search based on a specific da
23. d between the repetitions the shuttle scrub speed is reset Stops the preview of the A V content Shuttles scrubs backward at twice the real time speed Pressing repeatedly the key will increase the shuttling scrubbing speed in a loop x1 x2 X3 x5 x8 and then back to x1 G Note If another key is pressed between the repetitions the shuttle scrub speed is reset Steps backward 1 frame at a time Steps forward 1 frame at a time Plays backward at 33 of the real time speed Plays forward at 33 of the real time speed 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 mark IN mark OUT and nowline are displayed on this top area 21 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 50 B September 2014 22 Middle Bar The middle bar is used to zoom into the loaded element Its dark gray zone shows the section of the media out of the whole media visible in the top bar and the relative position of the visible section in the whole media e Whena media or an edit has just been loaded the top bar represents the whole media The dark gray zone covers the whole length of the middle bar e Whena clip 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 e Whena mark IN and a mark OUT are defined double clicking on the dark gray zo
24. dows groups the system retrieve them in alphabetical order and checks whether the first group matches a user role The use of Windows authentication must have been enabled in Xedio Manager See the Xedio Manager user manual for more information In case the auto log off mode is activated and the Windows authentication by Active Directory mode is used the auto log off becomes an auto quit function If the Xedio workstation is not integrated into an Active Directory domain a login screen will display where users have to enter their own Xedio username and password EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 50 B September 2014 1 3 Overview of the Xedio Cutter Window Illustration The Xedio Cutter window contains the areas highlighted on the screenshot below 00174617 101 17 46 17 q Note N The color of some user interface elements may vary with the Xedio skin installed 2 1 Introduction V E USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 50 Xedio Cutter a 1 4 1 Introduction Area Description The table below describes the various parts of the Xedio Cutter window Part Name Description ile Player This is used to load and play media to make clips and create the Pane elements to place into the storyboard area All types of media and clips can be played back but clips can only be made from video assets Everything that is outside the video content has the skin color Video such as letterboxed or pillarboxed video will show black bars
25. e 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 View 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 Media Manager offers several ways to speed up your search e quick text search e filters on parameters By default the columns that are taken into consideration for the Quick Text Search are the ones currently visible in the grid 2 Media Manager V E USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 50 Xedio Cutter Ea 2 4 2 2 Media Manager 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 9 These search tools are expl
26. g 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 button to the right of the search field or select lt empty gt from the Quick Text Search drop down list 2 Media Manager V E USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 50 Xedio Cutter Ea 2 4 3 2 Media Manager 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 al To display the Advanced Search fields click the Show Hide Filter button above the grid The Advanced Search area is expanded as follows ALL Criteria are met The Show Hide Filter button can be displayed with two different colors PUNON Meanin Display 9 The Show Hide Filter button is gray when all filter criteria are hidden Consequently the filters are inactive gray cy The Show Hide Filter button is colored when the Advanced Search area is visible even if no filtering criterion is applied c
27. ields 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 OF Description Cancel Save Filter As Allows to create a new filter tab in which the current search filter will be saved Filter Properties Allows to change the name and or description of the selected filter tab Reset Filter Removes all search criteria on the selected filter tab Delete Filter Removes the filter tab 15 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 50 B September 2014 How to
28. isplay 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 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 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 50 B September 2014 2 3 3 2 4 2 4 1 1 Right click a column header A menu is displayed 2 Select Choose Displayed Columns The Select Visible Columns window opens and shows the list of columns in the current order Select the column name s from the Selected pane 4 Click the appropriate button o Up moves the item s before the previous one o Down moves the item s after the next one 5 Click OK Element Contextual Menu A contextual menu with th
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30. list Linked source Camb Cam B Several cases can occur e Ifa clip belonging to a group of linked clips is loaded for example clips created with ganged channels in PDirector the list displays the various camera angles and allows the user to select a clip linked to the one loaded e f an individual clip is loaded only its recorder channel is available If a media ingested from an encoder is loaded the Ho button is not available Audio meters represent the audio channels of the monitored track 3 Player V E USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 50 Xedio Cutter a 3 3 3 4 3 4 1 3 Player Video Display Options A contextual menu is available when right clicking the Video Display area This gives display options for the video Show Timecode This option offers various options to display timecode on the Player window e none does not display timecode e Start TC shows a counter starting with O at the first frame of the media e Intra TC shows the original timecode of the media Up to two TC options can be selected Aspect Ratio This option offers a choice of aspect ratios for the display Auto 4 3 or 16 9 Show Safe Areas 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 Grab Image Grabs the current image either in low resolution or in high resolution The def
31. n message will be displayed in case of successful edit creation in the database Click OK 34 4 Storyboard M E USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 50 Xedio Cutter a Audio Management for the Exported Edit Clips copied to the storyboard do not have necessarily the same audio tracks The number of audio channels in the exported edit cannot exceed 16 So in certain circumstances some audio channels will be discarded The rules applied for the selection of audio channels are the following 1 Audio channels are taken in the order clips are listed in the storyboard 2 The largest tracks are taken into account first 5 1 tracks then stereo tracks then mono tracks 3 When the maximum number or audio channels 16 is reached the other ones are discarded from the exported edit Example storyboard Edit Clip Gina ips Gipi ix 5 1 51 track 2x 3 5 1 track Clip2 285 1 St track Ze Se St track Clips ax St Edit to create should be with 2x5 1 onority and 2xot gt 4 tracks and 16 audio channels Total 25 1 and 4x5t In the example e Clip 1 contains one 5 1 track and two stereo tracks which corresponds to 10 audio channels All these tracks can be used in the edit e Clip 2 contains two 5 1 tracks and two stereo tracks The first 5 1 track and the two stereo tracks are automatically taken into account as they are already used for Clip 1 As 6 audio channels are still available the second 5 1 track can be taken into a
32. nX and the direct access to EVS servers is no more supported The Server Recorder Selection button can no more be used to load a train e See section Overview of the Player Pane on page 17 Xsquare targets visibility A note has been added regarding the condition for Xsquare targets visibility e See section Introduction on page 37 V E USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 50 Xedio Cutter a 1 1 1 1 2 1 Introduction Introduction Product Description The Xedio Cutter is a module of the Xedio Suite of applications It allows the selection of portions of media to be placed into a list to export the storyboard as a rough cut edit This can then be refined and produced as a final edit using the more sophisticated tools available in the full non linear timeline editing environment it provides Opening Xedio Cutter To start the Xedio Cutter application select the application from Start gt Programs gt EVS Broadcast Equipment or click on the Xedio Cutter icon on the desktop vedio Cutter The Xedio workstation may be integrated into an Active Directory domain In this case Xedio Cutter will automatically open without requesting additional access codes when the user starts it The user group the user belongs to in the Windows domain must be linked to a user role in Xedio Manager This determines the set of user rights and user settings the user will have in the application In case a user belongs to several Win
33. ne toggle the section covered by the top bar from the whole media length to the clip length between mark IN and mark OUT and vice versa The dark gray zone is reduced to represent the 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 visible in the top bar Thus the dark gray zone is enlarged or reduced e If you click on the dark gray zone and drag it to the left or to the right you shift the section of media visible in the top bar to the beginning or to the end of the media 3 Player V E USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 50 Xedio Cutter Ea 3 Player 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 An IN point or mark IN point is shown as a green line on the media bar An OUT point or mark OUT point is shown as a red line on the media bar 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 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
34. olored 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 Critena are met NO Entera ls met EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 50 B September 2014 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 needed and to enter search criteria for each of them Advanced Search Fields Once a search parameter has been selected an entire line is displayed ALL Crtera are met Camera Interface Description Element p 1 Selected search parameter 2 Various fields used to enter the filter criteria See se
35. ory Label Undefined Audio Video 626A Creation Date odification Date 2 i 01 75 Undefined Audio Video 6268 Ch Undefined Audio Vit 626C AT Cip ND Undefined Audit eo 626D XT Undefined Audio Video 626 Music Classic Audio Video 6304 EVS Audio Video 6304 Music Class 6308 Undefined 6308 EVS 630C Music 633C Music 6330 EYS 1114 xT Clip 111 Inpup6 010 0 20 5 55 Undefined 01 XT1 ADL REC 39 11 2009 17 44 08 J4 10 2011 15 Undefined 01_XT1_4DL_REC 39 11 2009 17 44 08 J4 10 2011 15 Undefined 01_XT1_4DL_REC 19 11 2009 17 44 13 J4 10 2011 15 Undefined Audio Video 01 XT1 ADL REC 9 11 2009 17 44 14 J4 10 2011 15 EVS LSM Audio Video O5000704 S704 desenption T 2307 2009 10 46 06 73 05 2012 16 18 00 EVS Image Key 1920x1080 Charter 6 01 2010 12 18 48 4 10 2011 15 57 54 Undefined Audio Video ADL 080925 5 00 2 11 2009 16 59 14 14 10 2011 15 e Inthe Media Manager double click the media to load e Inthe Media Manager right click on an element from the list and select Play from the contextual menu The Player window will display the selected element 3 6 Making a Clip When a media has been loaded on the Player Panel a clip can be made from the media To do so proceed as follows 1 Determine the IN point for the clip in one of the following ways o use the transport functions or o drag the nowline to the selected position or o entera value in the IN field
36. st Thumbnail Media Label Clip Label 0017461218 201 17 46 12 Removing a Clip from the Storyboard To delete a clip that has been placed in the list right click on its item and select Delete from the contextual menu Delete Hide Thumbnails Fit cols width Rename clip Renaming a Clip in the Storyboard To rename a clip that has been placed in the list right click on its item and select Rename Clip from the contextual menu Showing or Hiding Thumbnails Right click on the Storyboard window and select Show thumbnails or Hide thumbnails from the contextual menu 4 Storyboard V E USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 50 Xedio Cutter Ea 4 3 4 Storyboard Adjusting the Columns Width To change the width of the different columns displayed for the list do one of the following e click on the column separator in the title line and drag it to the desired position or e right click on the Storyboard window and select Fit cols width from the contextual menu to automatically adjust the width of all the columns to their content size Previewing the List To preview a Storyboard click the Preview button at the bottom of the Storyboard area This will load the Storyboard Preview window on the Player window 00 00 00 00 The Play button allows the playout to start while a progress bar shows how far the list has played 00 01 03 01 The clips will be played in the same order as they appear in the list
37. te e g with a calendar will be displayed for the selection of a date era ug T1 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 agug nd T o Search based on a specific date calculated from the current date e g with tomorrow last month no other field appears OM Time Such as Last Rendered Date Time Several Date Search filters exist 1 Select a condition or a logical operator in the first field E 3 last hour now 30 min nest hour Omio today Ves terd al nest week this week last week next month this month last month 224840 411 16 20 72 2 Media Manager V E USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 50 Xedio Cutter Ea 2 This will condition the next step o Search based on a specific date and time e g with two additional fields will be displayed a calendar for the selection of a date and drop down list for the selection of time o Search based on a specific date and time calculated from the current date and time e g with next hour last month no other field appears OMOT O Number Such as DB ld 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
38. the Send button A progress bar will be displayed to show the encoding progress and the estimated remaining time After the encoding is completed a list of generated files will be displayed ClipName T DestName Status clip 000 Ps mc COMPLETED 4 Click OK 4 Storyboard V E USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 50 Xedio Cutter Ea 4 4 5 4 Storyboard Exporting the Storyboard to a Target Introduction The To Target subtab is used to export a storyboard according to a predefined Xsquare target a Note A Xsquare targets are visible provided that e the Xsquare has been declared in Xedio Manager and that it can be reached e the user logged into Xedio Cutter has an Xsquare account with the same access codes login and password in both applications How to Export to Target To export a storyboard to a predefined target proceed as follows 1 Select the To Target tab 2 From the Target field select an Xsquare target 3 Click the General button 4 Complete the storyboard properties Field Description Label Name for the storyboard mandatory VarlD VarlD given to the storyboard Class Class to categorize to storyboard User Name of the storyboard owner 5 Click the Metadata button to access the metadata profile fields o A metadata profile is available only if a default metadata profile has been selected for use with the edits from the Edit Metadata Profile Association window in Xedio Manager o When
39. ve 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 clip 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 clip 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 The next table summarizes how the buttons look like depending on the selection Selected Removed Video E Audio 3 Player M E USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 50 Xedio Cutter a 3 Player 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 y 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 Save audio selection e Mixed L R Ls Rs Center
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