Xedio Cutter User Manual
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1. 24 3 Player a USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Cutter lt VU Channel Selection 3 Player Here is an example with 4 tracks of stereo channels Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Video 1 O Monitoring of the 15t Stereo Track Monitoring of the 2nd Stereo Track gt a kal Ni Monitoring of the 4th Stereo Track Monitoring of the 3rd Stereo Track The different types of audio tracks of a loaded media or clip are displayed as follows e Amono track is represented by OO e Astereo track is represented by Dp tb aj e A5 1 track is represented by q Note N If the loaded media clip contains more than 8 audio tracks only the first 8 tracks are displayed under the Video Display A first click on the e button allows to display the additional tracks Video and Audio Tracks Selection When you create a sub clip you need to select the video and the requested audio channels 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 Selection of an Audio Channel The left and the right loudspeaker buttons of an audio stereo track BID are used to select or remove respectively the left or the right channel of the corresponding audio track Clicking the left audio button will remove the left audio component from the source so that the clip made has no left audio channel In this case the right channel will be outpu2. 16 So in certain circumstances some audio channels will be discarded The rules applied for the selection of audio channels are the following 1 2 4 Storyboard Audio channels are taken in the order clips are listed in the storyboard The largest tracks are taken into account first 5 1 tracks then stereo tracks then mono tracks When the maximum number or audio channels 16 is reached the other ones are discarded from the exported edit 33 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B August 2013 4 4 3 4 4 4 34 Example Clips Total 2 5 1 and 4x5t Tag Do d Edit Clint Cloz Cipa3 Clip ix 5 1 21 track 5 1 track Clip 205 1 St track ex oh St irack dx Si Edit to create should be with 285 1 priority and 2xSt gt 4 tracks and 16 audio channels In the example 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 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 account as well 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 trac
3. 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 4 y 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 120076 This is set Audio can be heard when using the jog EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B August 2013 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 01 56 31 21 LU 01 5618 10 ET NG 1 57 04 23 pg clip 00 J 1 56 46 10 TE ec E C5 0000 27 00 Clip Hame Timecode OUT Clip Duration 3 4 5 Video and Audio Monitoring Tools Overview of the Video and Audio Tracks The video and audio channels of a loaded source file are represented below the Video DisplayPlayer in the form of Track Selection buttons
4. 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 q Note q 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 Operation Play and Stop Play when recorded Play from IN to OUT Loop Goto IN Goto OUT Goto Previous Frame Go 10 frames backward Goto Next Frame Go 10 frames forward Fast Rewind Increase Rewind Speed Fast Forward Increase Forward Speed aia The bd mi ANC User Interface Button 5 O Ciri FS a Oo SS Ciri Ciri Pi i ming 03 gt Mem Ciri Es F Issue 4 35 B August 2013 Description Button used to start stop the preview video and or audio of the loaded media This starts the playout at the end of a media currently being recorded Button used to play from the marked IN point to the OUT point This loops the playout from IN to OUT This moves the current nowline position to the already existing IN point This moves the current nowline position to the al
5. 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 2 Media Manager Sq aa USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Cutter ai V l 2 4 2 2 Media Manager By default the columns that are taken into consideration for the Quick Text Search are the ones currently visible in the grid If you wish to search in other columns and view the string you are searching for in the columns you can e add other columns to the Elements grid view e use Filters as explained in section Advanced Search on page 9 These search tools are explained in detail below An applied filter can be saved for later use Such a saved filter can then be applied in one click A search can also be facilitated by ordering the Elements grid Quick Text Search Purpose and Context of Use The Quick Text Search function is used to perform a search based on free text entered in the Quick Text Search field This field is available on the top of the Elements grid It allows searching for a string in the displayed columns Users can enter a search string in one of the following ways e T
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7. 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 27 They are used to play back the loaded media See section Player Transport Controls on page 19 The button acts as a toggle switch between the Track Selection buttons and the camera selection list Linked source Camb Cam E Several cases can occur e If arecord train of an EVS Video Server is loaded this allows the user to load another record train on the given server e If aclip 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 If a
8. 9 24 09 2009 24 09 2009 24 09 2009 24 09 2009 24 09 2009 24 09 2009 24 09 2009 24 09 2009 24 09 2009 24 09 2009 24 09 2009 24 09 2009 24 09 2009 24 09 2009 24 09 2009 24 09 2009 24 09 2009 24 09 2009 24 09 2009 00 12 39 00 00 13 20 17 00 14 16 20 00 09 03 08 00 09 38 02 00 10 35 03 00 11 05 04 00 11 34 01 00 06 54 01 00 07 26 09 00 07 57 13 00 04 25 17 00 05 17 06 00 06 17 22 01 59 12 11 02 00 15 00 02 00 30 09 01 56 00 14 01 58 24 04 00 46 01 05 00 45 33 21 C00 12 56 05 00 13 53 07 00 14 31 16 00 09 29 07 00 10 03 03 00 10 52 10 00 11 19 13 00 11 49 24 00 07 20 12 00 07 39 09 00 08 20 08 00 05 13 17 00 05 48 14 00 06 36 20 02 00 06 15 02 00 26 21 02 00 41 00 01 57 04 24 01 59 10 11 00 50 01 03 00 45 33 20 00 00 17 05 00 00 32 15 00 00 14 21 00 00 25 24 00 00 25 01 00 00 17 07 00 00 14 09 00 00 15 23 00 00 26 11 00 00 13 00 00 00 22 20 00 00 48 00 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 disp
9. G rich COMPLETED 4 Cancel Click OK Exporting the Storyboard to a Target 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 export target profile RT Prof or 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 35 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B August 2013 36 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 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 Wetadata Profile Summer Event Event Date 26 03 2012 session Day Sport Football 6 Complete the metadata profile fields if needed 7 Click Submit at the bottom of the tab The storyboard is exported as defined in the selected target profile The progress of the exp
10. Search Fields Types Depending on the selected search parameter different types of advanced search fields will be displayed and available to enter criteria Timecode or Duration Parameter Such as TC IN TC OUT Duration 1 Select a logical operator in the first field 2 Enter a timecode or duration value in the second field Timecode Range contains O0 00 00 00 contains _ TE e 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 26 ug d zt gt ka OM today pester d aqu next week last week next month this month last month EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B August 2013 2 This will condition the next step o Search based on a specific date e g with a calendar will be displayed for the selection of a date 5 ug 1 August 2011 Today 22 Aug 11 o Search based on an interval e g with between two calendars are displayed for the selection of two dates O dug A11 Y And 22 5yg 1 o Search based on a specific date calculated from the current date e g with tomorrow last month no other field appears Omo Time Such as Last Rendered Date Time Several Date Search filters exist 1
11. Select a condition or a logical operator in the first field 22 fAug SI Y B 20 1 2 a 4 3 Pa last hour now 30 min nest hour OMOTO today yesterday nest week this week last week nest month this month last month 12 2 Media Manager a ko Cas USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Cutter VU l 2 Media Manager 2 This will condition the next step 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 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 Omo Number Such as DB ld 1 Select a logical operator in the first field 2 Enter a number in the second field 4 Note q lt gt means differs from Option List Such as Video Standard 1 Select a logical operator in the first field 2 Click the button to display the list of options available for the selected filter parameter Example for the Video Standard VideoStandard E PAL 5D E HO 1020i 50 E HD 720p 250 E HD 1030p 250 WM HTSC drop 50 E HD 1080 259 94 E HD 720p 59 94 BB HO 1080p 59 94 3 Select an option from the list EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B August 2013 Boolean Such as Published e Select Yes or No from the single criteria field Free
12. 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 F 2 Click the Show Hide Filter button The Advanced Search area is displayed ALL Criteria are met are met iz met MO Criteria l2 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 a USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Cutter lt VU 2 4 4 2 Media Manager 5 Enter filter criteria as explained in section Advanced Search Fields Types on page 11 For free text fields press ENTER to apply the filter Otherwise the Elements grid is automatically filtered and refreshed 6 If required click the button to add another advanced search parameter Using Saved Filters Introduction Once you have defined filters and search terms you may want to save them for later use You will then be able to apply the same set of filters with a single click Saved filters appear as tabs At least two tabs exist on the left of the Elements grid e The Filter O tab The Elements grid displays the list of all elements present in Xedio Dispatch
13. USER MANUAL Xedio Cutter Version 4 35 August 2013 Vs a USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Cutter lt V l Copyright EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Copyright 2010 2013 All rights reserved Disclaimer The information in this manual is furnished for informational use only and subject to change without notice While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this user manual is accurate up to date and reliable EVS Broadcast Equipment cannot be held responsible for inaccuracies or errors that may appear in this publication Improvement Requests Your comments will help us improve the quality of the user documentation Do not hesitate to send improvement requests or report any error or inaccuracy on this user manual by e mail to doc evs com Regional Contacts The address and phone number of the EVS headquarters are usually mentioned in the Help gt About menu in the user interface You will find the full list of addresses and phone numbers of local offices either at the end of this user manual for manuals on hardware products or at the following page on the EVS website http www evs com contacts User Manuals on EVS Website The latest version of the user manual if any and other user manuals on EVS products can be found on the EVS download center on the following webpage http www evs com downloadcenter a USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Cutter V Table of Conte
14. anager Sq aa USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Cutter ai V l 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 jf ew Sig ang m a Tang iy ka ee pa HUA sabad HA sai tag ipa pA Ca N EPK hc NEN Mya ad Tar or SIY gn Bi a ge ae aay ga eee fac a at A2 a 1 J J pai ik PAP a a m am Taa 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Co O00 00 00 00 Ti J gt NG 00 01 57 12 00 01 57 13 e ng Uo 00 01 57 12 The following table briefly describes the various zones on the Player area and refers to the section where the fields are detailed 3 Player 17 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Part Name 4h Video Display 2 Track Selection Buttons 2 Jog and Media Bar 4 Clip Creation Fields 5 Cue Point Icons 6 Transport Control Icons T Server Recorder Selection 8 Audiometers Issue 4 35 B August 2013 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
15. 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 O0 00 37 16 HOON 16 L 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 g CTRL al 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 27 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA ID 3 6 28 Issue 4 35 B August 2013 Loading Media on the Player Window You can proceed in different ways to load media on the Player The Player window will display the selected element Drag the media from the Media Manager window to the Player window Ate a KANG AO 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ing 00 00 00 0C 7 7 00 01 57 Mm N Class Media Category Label 13 ap id Xx Ss 00 01 57 13 zx Description gt 00 01 57 12 Lenathi Creation Date epo 0Y In the Media Manager double click the media to load Hi ndetined y Caa indefined 7 ndefined
16. e 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 T 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 Button 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 colored Criteria Combination Field The first field under the Show Hide Filter button lists three options for the combination of criteria to be taken into account during the filtering operation ALL Criteria are met MO Criteria l2 met EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B August 2013 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 o
17. e following 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 35 B August 2013 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 gt Up moves the item s before the previous one o Down moves the item s after the next one 5 Click OK Element Contextual Menu A contextual menu with the following options is available when you right click an item in the list Play Loads the media in the Player to allow the element to be browsed and modified Render List Opens the Render List window listing all types of rendering that have been done with the media Archive History Opens the Archive History window listing the archive and restore processes that were achieved for the selected media View Properties Opens the Media Properties window which shows the properties for the selected media If a default metadata profile has
18. er or it returns the result of a search applied to the list e The Today tab the Elements grid shows the elements with creation date today Warning Those filters can be modified by the user so the results could no longer reflect the tab label Saved Filter Contextual Menu Right clicking in the Filter O tab displays a contextual menu with the following options Create New Filter Allows to create a new filter tab through the Filter Edit Dialog wndow Label OK Description Cancel Save Filter As Allows to create a new filter tab in which the current search filter will be saved Filter Properties Allows to change the name and or 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 35 B August 2013 How to 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 M
19. h ye at the beginning and low at the end Ye low 123 Searches for strings with ye at the beginning and low at the end and which contains 123 card Searches for a string exactly equals to card For example if a field contains yellow card the card condition will not return any result z yellow card Searches for a string exactly equals to yellow card The use of quotes is required due to the space between yellow and card How to Perform a Quick Text Search To perform a Quick Text search proceed as follows 1 2 Display the columns you wish to 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 71 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 setting is selected or not you may not have to click the Search button to apply the Quick Text Search Refer to the tab Software 5 Parameter Profiles 5 General 5 General in Xedio Manager The search result is displayed in the grid To clear the applied Quick Text Search click the red EJ button to the right of the search field or select lt empty gt from the Quick Text Search drop down list 2 Media Manager a USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Cutter lt VU 2 4 3 2 Media Manager Advanced Search Purpose and Context of Use Th
20. hey enter the search string in full in the Quick Text Search field The Quick Text Search option obeys specific rules which can be accessed via the Help button E next to the Quick Text Search field See section Quick Text Search Rules on page 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 empty athl Quick Text Search Rules The string that you enter in the Quick Text Search field is analyzed according to the following set of rules which can be accessed via the Help button E next to the Quick Text Search field The free text search is not a case sensitive operation EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B August 2013 Search String Search Result Yellow card Searches for the strings yellow and card even if in two different fields columns for example yellow in Name and card in Keywords For example a clip named The Yellow Man with keywords Red Card will be found since it has yellow and card in 2 different fields Yellow card Searches for strings containing Yellow card Yellow card Searches for yellow or card even if in two different fields columns for example yellow in Name or card in Keywords Spaces around the sign are mandatory yell Searches for yell at the beginning of a string low Searches for low at the end of a string Ye low Searches for strings wit
21. hich 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 28 Make a new clip See section Making a Clip on page 28 Send the clip to the Storyboard See section Creating and Managing the Storyboard List on page 30 Preview the Storyboard in the Player Pane See section Previewing the List on page 32 Export the Storyboard See section Exporting the Storyboard on page 32 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA epo 0y Class Media Manager Purpose Issue 4 35 B August 2013 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 Label Description Creation Date fodification Date Shooting Date TC IN TC OUT 217 retrieved ExternalRef Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Audio Video Audio Video Audio Video Audio Video Audio Video Audio Video Audio Video Audio Video Audio Video Audio Video Audio Video Audio Video Audio Video Audio Video A
22. 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 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 31 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B August 2013 4 3 4 4 4 4 1 32 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 Exporting the Storyboard Introduction Once your storyboard is finalized you can export it to multiple destinations and in multiple formats at the same time makes it possible to export the storyboard to various destination types e toEdit This allows you to consolidate a storyboard and store it as a
23. indefined Kr ndefined Music Classic EVS Music Classic ae E Audo yF we UB ic T n d efined Undefined Audio Video Undefined Audio Video Undefined Audiod Mj ideo EVS LSM Audio Video EvS Image Key Undefined Audio Yideo if sa 26C EPT 6308 01 XT1 ADL REC 01 3T1 ADL REC 01 XT1 ADL REC 01 XT1 ADL REC 05000104 S704 description T 1 sab TES Chater 72 2009 113907 713919 111 15 10 2011 15Sa 19 1 14107 2011 15 9 11 2009 17 44 08 14 10 2011 15 19 11 2009 17 44 13 J4 10 2011 15 19 11 2009 17 44 14 34 10 2011 15 73 07 2009 1046 06 93 05 2072 16123 36 01 2010 12 18 48 34 10 2011 15 57 54 2 11 2009 16 59 14 34 10 2011 15 In the Media Manager right click on an element from the list and select Play from the contextual menu Making a Clip When a media has been loaded on the Player Panel a clip can be made from the media Todo so proceed as follows 1 Determine the IN point for the clip in one of the following ways o o o use the transport functions or drag the nowline to the selected position or enter a value in the IN field 3 Player a USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Cutter lt VU 3 Player 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 Usethe trans
24. isplay a login screen where you need to enter your username and password vedio Cutker 1 Introduction EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B August 2013 1 3 Overview of the Xedio Cutter Window Illustration The window contains the areas highlighted on the screenshot below q Note N The color of some user interface elements may vary with the Xedio skin installed 2 1 Introduction a USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Cutter V 1 4 1 Introduction Area Description The table below describes the various parts of the window Part Name Description Jk 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 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 w
25. ks cannot be used and are dropped from the exported edit 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 Exporting the Storyboard as a File To export the storyboard as a file for transfer and use with external programs proceed as follows 1 Select the To File tab 2 Select a codec from the Codec field to encode the clips 3 Enter a file name prefix in the Prefix field 4 Storyboard a USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Cutter lt VU 4 4 5 4 Storyboard 4 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 5 Select the Sel Only option to output only the clips selected in the list Otherwise all clips will be used to generate the output 6 Inthe Path field enter or select the directory and its path where to save the output files 7 Click 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 P
26. layed 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 se USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Cutter pama V i 23 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 Display To select the columns to display in the grid proceed as follows 1 Right click the column header area A menu is displayed 2 Select Choose Displayed Columns The Select Visible Columns window opens and shows the list of columns in the current order 3 Toselect the column s you wish to add to the view do one of the following o inthe left pane double click the column s you wish to add to the view o select them in the left pane and click the Add button 4 Toselect the column s you wish to remove from the view do one of th
27. ling scrubbing speed in a loop x1 x2 x3 x5 x8 and then back to x1 G Note If another key is pressed between the wx 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 a 21 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B August 2013 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 When a 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 zone 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 positio
28. n individual clip is loaded only its recorder channel is available If a media ingested from an encoder is loaded the KI button is not available Audio meters represent the audio channels of the monitored track 3 Player a USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Cutter V Duos 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 Option Meaning Show This option offers various options to display timecode on the Player Timecode 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 This option displays a safe area cage on the window to determine SafeAreas 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 default folder c where the grab is stored is defined in Xedio Manager gt Software gt ParameterProfiles gt General Settings GrabStillFrameFolder parameter Show Label Displays the name of the loaded item on the top of the Video Display Player Functions Player Transport Controls
29. n with regard to the whole media e If 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 Sq aa USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Cutter ai V i 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 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
30. ne of the criteria selected in the Filter fields must be met is met The media displayed in the Elements grid fulfill at least one of the selected filter criteria NO criteria None of the criteria selected in the Filter fields displayed under the is met Criteria Combination field must be met The media displayed in the Elements grid fulfill none of the selected filter criteria Search Parameters List The second field gives access to the list of available advanced search parameters Click the arrow next to the field to display the list Users are then able to add as many search fields as needed and to enter search criteria for each of them Advanced Search Fields Once a search parameter has been selected an entire line is displayed ALL Criteria are met Interface Elenen Description 1 Selected search parameter 2 Various fields used to enter the filter criteria See section 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 kania button next to the field 2 Media Manager Sq aa USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Cutter ai V i 2 Media Manager Advanced
31. nts Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS cu 2 lll WHAT S NEW LU V 1 INTRODUCTION UU 1 1 1 Product Description 22 2 ice aoaaa anaana oaa e ccc eee Daa anoano oaan 1 1 2 Opening Xedio Cutter 1 1 3 Overview of the Xedio Cutter Window 2 0 2 22 cece eee eee eee eee ee 2 1 4 Process Overview l 2 2 22 cece cece cee cee cece cee cceceeccccceeccecceccecceeceeceecs 3 2 MEDIA MANAGER Lp occ ccc ccc cence cece cc ececeeee 4 2 1 Purpose ccc ec ec eee cee ee eee eee eee ee eee cece eee eeeeeeeeee 4 2 2 Overview of the Media Manager 2 0 2 cee ceeeccecccecccecccecceecceeceees 4 2 3 Elements Grid o cic c cece cence cece cece eee e cece eeceeeceeseeeeeeeees 5 2 3 1 Sorting the Elements in the Grid 5 2 3 2 Organizing Columns a 5 2 3 3 Element Contextual Menu 0 0 c cece e eee oaao eee e eee eeees 6 2 4 Searching for Elements in the List 6 2 4 1 Introduction 2 2 22 e cece eee cece eeeceeseeseeseees 6 2 4 2 Quick Text Search ccc cece cece cece cece ececeeececeeees T 2 4 3 Advanced Search c cece cece cece cece cece cece ceeeceeeeeceeeees 9 2 4 4 Using Saved Filters lll icc ccc eee ce eee cece cee ceeceeseees 15 3 PLAYER ua 17 3 1 Purpose 17 3 2 Overview of the Player Pane a 17 3 3 Video Display Options 0 22 c eee cece cece cee
32. ort 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 4 Storyboard a i a V To learn more about EVS go to Www evs com Corporate 32 4 361 7000 North amp Latin America 1973 575 7811 EVS Headquarters Asia amp Pacific Liege Science Park 852 2914 2501 16 rue Bois St Jean B 4102 Seraing Other regional offices Belgium www evs com contact EVS Broadcast Equipment is continuously adapting and improving its products in accordance with the ever changing requirements of the Broadcast Industry The data contained herein is therefore subject to change without prior notice Companies and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies
33. port 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 29 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B August 2013 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 31 01 00 00 04 02 02 00 30 09 02 00 40 24 00 00 10 15 4 Dest To Edit User SUPPORT EYS EditID Class Highlights Short Project Edit Length 00 00 23 4 2 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 list 30 4 Storyboard Sq aa USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Cutter aai V l 4 Storyboard Thumbnail Media Label Clip Label a EYA j PA KA r ja 0017463 001 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
34. ready existing OUT point Button used to move from the current position to the previous frame This is used together to move 10 frames backward Button used to move from the current position to the following frame This is used together to move 10 frames forward Button used to start moving backwards through the media at a preset fast speed The speeds are set in the Database Manager application 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 This increases the fast forward speed a 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 4 35 Xedio Cutter Keyboard Shortcut En f a DH 3 4 2 3 Player Hold L tap Hold L tap Hold L hold Hold hold VS 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 Note If another key is pressed 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 shutt
35. single clip in the Xedio storage system and Xedio database e to Playlist This allows you to export the storyboard to a playlist for use in Playout Organizer e toFile This allows you to export a storyboard to a file that can be read by an external system 4 Storyboard a USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Cutter lt V l to Target This allows you to export a storyboard according to a predefined Export Target profile RTProf or 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 confirmation message will be displayed in case of successful edit creation in the database Click OK 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
36. t 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 25 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B August 2013 1 Amono 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 ew neo E i o 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 4 ri G Note N 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 26 3 Player Sa al USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Cutter a V l 3 4 6 3 Player Audio meters located on the right side of the Video Display represent the audio channels of the monitored track Logs Logs are reference marks that can
37. the icon has been added on the left margin to highlight information on new and updated features The sections updated to reflect the new and modified features in Xedio Cutter from Xedio Suite 4 03 and 4 35 compared to Xedio Suite 4 02 are listed below New behavior for the J L shortcuts e The first time the J or the L shortcut is pressed the speed is 100 See section Player Transport Controls on page 19 Export to an XSquare target e XSquare can now be used with the Xedio Suite A storyboard can be exported to a predefined XSquare target See section Exporting the Storyboard on page 32 e The export can be monitored See section Monitoring the Export Process to a Target on page 36 Audio mono tracks can be used in the Xedio Suite See section Video and Audio Monitoring Tools on page 24 See section Audio Management for the Exported Edit on page 33 a USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Cutter lt V 1 Introduction 1 1 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 1 2 Opening Xedio Cutter To start the Xedio Cutter application click on the Xedio Cutter icon on the desktop This will d
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