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1. a RELEASE NOTES IPLink for Adobe 1 3 es V i RELEASE NOTES IPLink for Adobe with Exporter Version 1 3 18 December 2014 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Version 1 3 November 2014 Table of Contents PRODUCT DESSER R HORN ue eendeitege deen 3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS eege eege eege 3 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION eege 5 SUPPORT INFORMATION seh geenee eegene eege 5 CHANGES SINCE VERSION 1 2 vesiccscecsecescassecescccsescccassecsscenseccsssceaessen 6 New Exporter plugin c cccccecccececeeeceeecceeeceeeceueeeeeeceeeseueenaeeseessegeess 6 New Exporter plugin admin Tool 7 IFLA en 7 CHANGES SINCE VERSION 1 1 ccccccscsesseseeseseeseeeeseeeaseseeseseneeees 7 CHANGES SINCE VERSION 1 0 rannevnnnennnnennnnennnnennnnennnnennnnennnnennnnenn 11 FIXED ISSUES SINCE VERSION 1 1 uvnnnnrnnnnennnvennnvennnnennnnennnnennnnennnnr 13 FIXED ISSUES SINCE VERSION 1 0 eannennnvennnnennnnennnvennnnennnvennnnennnee 13 KNOWN LIMITA TIONS save 14 EDONG EN 14 EX DORE AMI RE 14 PUNK PGC ME 14 a RELEASE NOTES IPLink for Adobe 1 3 e V l Product Description IPLink for Adobe is a set of tools consisting of two plugin panel extensions for use with Adobe Premiere Pro CC and an admin module lt can be used in those situations where it is desirable to be able to access clip elements that are made available for editing by IPDirector whilst the live event is taking place In this case access to the underlying media files are made using2. drop down show 6 41 25 and 6 55 08 Select 6 41 25 when working with an IPD 6 41 x version Select 6 55 08 when working with an IPD 6 55 x version e Access to the Preferences and Select Columns dialogs have been made easier for quick access to settings You no longer need to right click on the column headers in the main window instead two new buttons are now available in the main window and clicking on either of these provide access directly to the respective settings dialogs EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Version 1 3 November 2014 22 00 20 00 12 46 06 00 e Catwalh 06 52 04 00 06 53 19 12 06 52 18 00 06 52 19 10 06 52 45 18 06 52 55 03 VS Multi Live BC 22 19 53 00 22 20 09 00 e When using the Import button on the main IPLink window in previous versions of IPLink a dialog was shown asking the user to decide if the asset should be imported to the current Adobe Premiere Pro CC project or toa different one This dialog has been removed and assets are now imported to the current Adobe Premiere pro CC project when using the Import button e When using Advanced Search the following criteria can be specified Creation Date Color Creation Date Duration Keywords Description Keywords Level Interest Level Level Logsheet Keywords Keywords Name Logsheet Participants Name Owner Participants Participants Participants Primary TC Source Name Primary TC Date Tape ID TC In TC In Date VarlD e IPDriv
3. CC e Adobe Extension Manager CC s Java 7 e QuickTime if using Adobe Premiere Pro CC on MS Windows operating system Note This software is not provided by EVS IPLink for Adobe can be installed onto a workstation that is running Adobe Premiere Pro CC For further information on operating system support and workstation hardware requirements to run Adobe Premiere Pro CC refer to the Adobe website htto www adobe com products premiere html EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Version 1 3 November 2014 The version of IPLink for Adobe that should be installed is dependent on the version of Adobe Premiere Pro CC that is installed as well as the IPDirector version Use the following table to determine which version of IPLink for Adobe should be used Adobe Premiere Pro CC IPLink for Adobe Compatible IPDirector Version Version Version 7 0 X 1 0 84 06 15 28 7 1 0 06 20 78 E 1 1 18 06 40 64 06 41 24 eee 1 2 40 6 41 x 2014 8 0 x 6 55 x Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2014 Panel 1 3 18 6 41 x 7 2 2 8 x Exporter 1 3 xx 6 56 x Exporter admin 1 3 3 6 57 x For IPLink for Adobe 1 0 84 choose the installation package that matches the EVS IPDirector version and the Adobe Premiere Pro CC workstation operating system From IPLink for Adobe 1 1 18 onwards there are no longer separate installer packages for each supported version of IPDirector The Configuration tab within the Preferences section of the IPLink plugin panel can be used to s
4. shared storage that is managed by IPDirector The IPLink for Adobe plugin panel allows the users to be able to search for clip elements based upon the IPDirector held metadata Clips Bins Logs and be able to preview and use the associated files stored on the shared storage In this way the user does not have to navigate and import clip elements directly from the shared storage and allows direct access to the files from Premiere Pro CC without having to move or copy files to the local workstation storage A main advantage for many live events is that the metadata associated with the event may be continuously updated by users of the EVS production system With IPLink for Adobe visibility of new or updated metadata is possible from within the panel in Premiere Pro CC thereby allowing editorial decisions to be made in a timely manner Once the editor has finished his sequence he is then capable to send it back to the EVS production system through the exporter panel plugin The panel allows the editor to enter required metadata that will then find its way to the IPDirector PAM The export profiles can be prepared through the admin exporter application Once prepared the profile just needs to be imported on all stations running the exporter plugin System Requirements In order to install the IPLink for Adobe plugin ensure the following software is already installed on the Adobe Premiere Pro CC workstation in advance e Adobe Premiere Pro
5. this case ensure that Enable ES Marker is disabled not checked and use the application switch method as described for Premiere Pro CC 7 2 2 8 0 0 Logs that are associated with multiple camera angles can be previewed using IPLink Often a Logsheet may have multiple camera angles associated with it and it is desirable to be able to preview the different angles for a log before adding it to the edit When viewing logs using IPLink a set of Angle buttons are displayed allowing the user to pre select the angle that will be loaded into the Premiere Pro source monitor Selecting an alternative angle button will then load the corresponding media asset when the log is double clicked to load it into the Premiere Pro source monitor Up to 9 angles can be chosen from however if the log has fewer angles available then not all will be selectable Sa bel RELEASE NOTES IPLink for Adobe 1 3 a V l e Hovering the mouse pointer over an item field in the IPLink results panel will display a tooltip showing the contents of the field In this way if a column is resized the content of a field can be quickly viewed without needing to resize the column e The Autoupdate interval can now be specified in Preferences General tab This determines the number of seconds before the IPLink panel results are refreshed The range of values available vary from Never default to 10000 seconds e IPLink logfiles can now be exported direct
6. You can then edit the section directly into the Sequence timeline if needed W a Ara bel 3 00 01 00 26 1 SR G Ew 1080INTSC A 00 00 06 03 If you directly import the new IPD sub clip into the Premiere Pro project using Import button in IPLink panel then a Premiere Pro subclip is created Note You cannot drag drop clips from the IPLink panel directly to the Sequence timeline Een beem aj RELEASE NOTES IPLink for Adobe 1 3 E V l Project NAB 3 x NAB 3 prproj 3 Items De v Name A Frame Rate Media b GSA 20140218a fry myname 25 00 fps 22 29 97 fps 12 e The IPDirector clipnames shown in the IPLink panel are now preserved when importing clips to a Premiere Pro project e Date fields can be specified using date pickers when using Advanced Search Color Level Baseball RW Wd WO 8 Fixed issues since version 1 3 7 e Sorting out elements with max results at 100 doesn t display the right logs When sorting out elements with a maximum number of results smaller than the actual number of elements it was always the same elements that were shown Now the sorting works properly Fixed Issues since version 1 1 e Cannot load a growing clip in Premiere Pro CC 2014 v8 0 0 e Unable to preview log entries if the file out point is not defined e Fixed a bug related to guardband durations when importing subclips from IPDirector Fixed Issues since version 1 0 e Fixed a bug related to rem
7. elect which version of IPDirector is being used see User Manual Choose the installation package that matches the Adobe Premiere Pro CC workstation operating system The EVS IPDirector Web Service API must be active and reachable from the Adobe Premiere Pro CC workstations The IPDirector nearline storage must be accessible from the Adobe Premiere Pro CC workstations Note In cases where more than 3 workstations are using the IPLink panel plugin connected to an IPDirector database a dedicated IPDirector SQL database server should be used The following additional software not provided by EVS is required to be installed on the Adobe Premiere Pro CC workstation e Java e QuickTime for Microsoft Windows based workstations The IPLink for Adobe plugin only handles metadata and the compatibility of file formats and support for certain features e g growing clips support is dependent upon file wrapper and codec combinations a RELEASE NOTES IPLink for Adobe 1 3 e V l Adobe Premiere Pro CC is able to handle many different combinations of codec and file wrapper To ensure compatibility with the EVS production environment select the codec and wrapper format that corresponds with the native format handled by the EVS Server and XSquare Typically the file wrapper will be either MXF OP1a SMPTE or QuickTime Choose the corresponding codec type that matches the essence recorded by the EVS server If there are specific workflo
8. ere Pro CC 8 0 1 In IPLink Preferences ensure that Enable ES Marker is enabled checked EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Version 1 3 November 2014 10 General Searches Path Mappings Connection Sequence Template AVC I 100 1080160 Request Timeout Autoupdate Maximum Number of Audio Tracks Enable ES Maker When a log is imported using the Import button the related media asset is added to the project into a folder named after the logsheet the log is in If more than one log is selected for import each from a different logsheet the name of the folder that is created in the project is named after the logsheet of the last selected log If the related media asset is already imported into the project then it is not imported again This may mean that a folder is not created if all the related media assets are already imported into the project Individual logs are translated to Markers and these are visible on the source clips when they are loaded into the Source monitor In this case it is not necessary to use application switching to make the logs visible as markers If Enable ES Marker is enabled checked for a version of Premiere Pro CC that does not support this functionality then an error message will be displayed when attempting to import logs into the Premiere Pro CC project using the Import button in IPLink Run Script Error Ke projectitem getMarkers is not a function OK In
9. es and non active storages are no longer visible e The number of entries that can be displayed in the IPLink main window are user selectable with values 100 default 250 500 750 1000 1500 and can be specified separately for Clips Edits and Logs The setting can be accessed in the Preferences dialog under the Searches tab e Depending on the node that the user has selected in the Logsheets tree view the search results will also include appropriate items in child Logsheets contained under the selected node e Within IPLink if you are working and have selected a clip edit or log and then refreshed the view the selection is now retained on the clip edit or log Note that this does not apply to multi selected items where the last selected item in the group will now show as being selected e When importing logs to a Premiere Pro project the behavior will depend on the version of Premiere Pro CC used With Premier Pro CC 7 2 2 8 0 0 When a log is imported using the Import button the related media asset is Een beem RELEASE NOTES IPLink for Adobe 1 3 e V l added to the project into a folder named after the logsheet the log is in If more than one log is selected for import each from a different logsheet the name of the folder that is created in the project is named after the logsheet of the last selected log If the related media asset is already imported in the project then it is not imported again This may mea
10. ext 3 Goal 00 00 00 00 08 31 2074 4 The plugin allows the user to export his sequence back to the EVS production system with the required metadata RELEASE NOTES IPLink for Adobe 1 3 New Exporter plugin admin tool PLink Expc Profile Edit Preferences Name EVS Rio 2016 Targets 1 Metadata Name EVS WC 2014 Targets 1 Metadata 5 vo m Wi WLie are armotc lnha nfadatfa A5quare Targets Global Metadata Target Name MDC Export IPLink Metadata 6 Name ClipName Var ID VARI23 Interest Level 2 Owner Keyword 2 Preset AVC intra Class100 1080 6l mdcText mod mdcCombo 3 mdcMemo mdcDate The plugin is made to create IPLink exporter profiles The main features are Define the metadata that the editor will need to enter Define some default values Define compulsory fields Define a series of targets for each profile For each target specify some profile metadata IPLink panel add mdc Compatibility of the panel only with IPDirector 6 56 xx Each IPLink panel will take an IPAccess floating license New option for use on big setups when this option is enabled the load put on the IPDirector API is optimized Changes since version 1 1 IPDirector compatibility with versions 6 41 x and 6 55 x Other versions of IPDirector are not supported by this release Note In IPLink preferences Connection tab the IPD versions displayed on the IPD Version
11. ly using the IPLink panel Instead of having to navigate to the folder locations containing the IPLink logfiles the Gather Logs button in the IPLink Preferences panel can be used to save copies of the logfiles to a location of the users choice enera re Path Mappings Connection AVC I 100 1080160 Changes since version 1 0 e PDirector compatibility with version 6 40 64 and 6 41 24 Earlier release versions of IPDirector are not supported by this release e PDirector version can now be configured via the panels Preferences gt Connection tab see User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Version 1 3 November 2014 12 Preferences General Path Mappings Connection Server IP 192 168 207 129 Server Port 31016 Login Administrator Password IPD Version 06 41 24 06 40 64 Cancel Save In the previous release of IPLink for Adobe if you created new IPD clips IPD subclips based on existing IPD clips that had already been made available on IPD managed storage you had to ensure that the new IPD sub clips were also separately made available on storage This effectively meant that you would end up with duplicated content on the storage You no longer need to do this When you load the new IPD sub clip using the IPLink panel into the Source Monitor of Adobe Premiere Pro the existing referenced IPD clip is loaded with Mark In and Mark Out set to the position represented by the new IPD sub clip
12. n that a folder is not created if all the related media assets are already imported into the Premiere Pro CC project O Name aA Frame Rate Media Start Ify EVS Multi Live B 01 111A 25 00 fps 22 19 53 0 gsa test2 ff EVS Multi Live B03 111A 25 00 fps 22 19 53 0 fy EVS Multi Live B04 111A 25 00 fps 22 19 53 0 ffy EVS Multi Live B05 111A 25 00 fps 22 19 53 0 The individual logs are translated to Markers however these are not immediately visible In order to make the markers visible it is necessary to switch away from the Adobe Premiere Pro CC application and then switch back Once this is done the imported logs are visible as markers on the clip assets when they are loaded onto the source monitor Source EVS Multi Live BO1 111A e A 00 00 16 00 On Windows platforms this can be done by using Alt Tab to switch to another application and then Alt Tab to return to Adobe Premiere Pro CC On Mac OS X platforms this can be done using Cmd Tab to swtch to another running application and then Cmd Tab to return to Adobe Premiere Pro CC Note Marker data is stored by Adobe Premiere Pro CC in sidecar XMP files in the same location as the media files Adobe Premiere Pro CC requires read write access to the shared media files location on the EVS storage If the media file is imported into another users Premiere Pro CC project then the marker information will be visible for that user as well With Premi
13. oving items from the column settings e Fixed a bug related to the import of logs from multiple logsheets e Fixed a bug related to resetting the column organization e Added support for storing the column width when switching between different types clip edit log e Fixed a bug concerning the sorting of edits e Changed the sorting rules for the edits and bin tree view EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Version 1 3 November 2014 Known Limitations All The whole IPLink suite 1 3 is only compatible with JAVA 7 It is NOT compatible with the JAVA 8 platform Exporter Panel e IPLink Exporter when running Adobe on windows the option Wait encoding must always be checked otherwise the export will not work Exporter Admin e IPLink exporter admin The uninstall has to be done manually by deleting these 2 folders C Users your username AppData Roaming IPlink Exporter Admin and C Program Files x86 EVS Broadcast Equipment IPLink Exporter Admin IPLink Panel e No visibility of IPDirector user fields in the IPLink panel e IPLink may experience slowdown if used in some large setups or some types of complex live event production scenario Typically this may involve several hundreds of bins several thousands of log entries over hundreds of Logsheets or where many thousands of clip assets may be generated If using IPLink in this type of situation please enable the new big setup option e When arranging the logs result
14. s by timecode the timecode date is taken into account Add the Log LTC Date column to the Logs view to see the date associated with the log You can use an advanced search criteria to search for logs for a specific date Primary TC Date e Only empty placeholder edits can be imported at this time Any edits that contain material will not be imported e Imported logs may be visible to other users if they also import the media asset in their project Premiere Pro stores imported log information associated with the clip in a sidecar XMP file and therefore any user that includes the same clip in their project will see the same XMP data stored in the sidecar file Giving users read only access to the shared storage location prevents Premiere Pro from generating the sidecar XMP file
15. w requirements e g growing files support then only some combinations of codec wrapper may fulfill the requirement It is highly recommended that the workflow be tested before use on a live production If you are unsure how you may go about doing this then contact your local EVS representative for advice Software Installation See User Manual for details of the installation procedure Support Information When contacting EVS Support to report an issue with IPLink for Adobe please have the following information available e IPLink for Adobe version number e Adobe Premiere Pro CC version number e Operating System type version and Service Pack details e IPDirector version e Log files for IPLink for Adobe The Log files for IPLink for Adobe can be found at the following locations Win C ProgramData Adobe IPLink apiconnector iplink log Mac Users Shared Library Application Support Adobe IPLink apiconnector iplink log EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Version 1 3 November 2014 Changes since version 1 3 7 New IPLink Panel is compatible with IPDirector 6 41 as well as IPDirector 6 56 and 6 57 Changes since version 1 2 New Exporter plugin IPLink Exporter Selected Sequence Start TC Duration Export Target MDC Export IPLink Metadata Name ClipName Var ID VAR123 Interest Level Owner Keyword 2 m dcText mod mdcCombo mdcMemo mdcl m dcDate m dckNumber 2 EVS User Test from EVS T
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