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1. Softron Media Services OnTheAir Live User Manual 2010 Softron Media Services All rights reserved Contents PART I Welcome to OnTheAir Live Chapter 1 About OnTheAir Live e Some quick facts e About OnTheAir Video DV Express e OntTheAir Live OnTheAir Manager and OnTheAir Server e Different possible setups Chapter 2 System Requirements e Computer Requirements e Video Audio output e Storage e Supported Codecs File format PART II Installing amp Setting up PART III OnTheAir Live Chapter 3 Installing and licensing Chapter 4 OnTheAir Live e Installing OnTheAir Live e Licensing OnTheAir Live Chapter 5 Setting up OnTheAir Live e OntTheAir Live General preferences e OnTheAir Live Media Folder preferences PART IV Using OnTheAir Live Chapter 6 Overview of the user interface e Media Browser e Playlist Overview e Playlist Selected Node e Playlist Playback Settings e Playlist Playback Controls e Playlist Time Indicators e Playlist Clip Cell e Inspector Attributes e Inspector In Out e Inspector Resize e Inspector Info Chapter 7 Menus Overview Menu File Menu Edit Menu Window Menu Help Chapter 8 How to create a playlist e Basics e Creating a playlist manually e Creating a playlist in ASCII e Creating a playlist in XML Third party integration OnTheAir Live 1 1b3 User Manual vers 2 Softron Media Services I 13 Il 14 Il 14 Il 14 Il 14
2. While the ingest module for the Node will not be available until this summer it will be completely integrated in the Node behaviour so each node will be able to either ingest or playout according to its schedule or the remote control commands OnTheAir Live 1 1b3 User Manual vers 2 Softron Media Services 1 2 About OnTheAir Video DV Express This manual concerns OnTheAir Live OnTheAir Live is the free client application for OnTheAir Node a client server playout application There are also some standalone playout solutions available OnTheAir Video OnTheAir Video DV and OnTheAir Video Express each with a speciality Here is a quick description of each of them so you can make your choice But to have an extensive view of the differences between each version you should refer to the following page of the Softron website http www softron tv products playout_standalone compare html OnTheAir Video Express 00 06 54 25 00 23 00 01 06 55 16 05 Lieu CCOO Players 00 00 00 00 peal 00 00 12 24 My Serie Episode 1 mov Clouds mov 00 00 12 24 2010 04 01 15 27 22 0200 We New York Streets mov 00 03 13 26 TAB He Doc MM 2010 04 02 13 57 52 0200 00 00 00 06 Evening News mov 00 23 00 02 News 2010 09 27 12 25 41 0200 00 00 01 22 Desert mov 00 00 09 13 2010 04 01 15 29 06 0200 02 00 00 00 _ 2010 09 27 13 18 34 0200 00 00 11 09 ss M Entertainment 1 52 min mov PE Entertain
3. Il 15 Il 15 Il 16 Il 17 Il 18 Il 18 Il 19 Il 20 Il 20 Il 20 Il 21 Il 22 Il 24 Il 26 Il 27 Il 27 Il 28 Il 28 Il 28 Il 28 Il 28 Il 29 Il 29 Il 30 Il 30 Il 31 Welcome to OnTheAir Live l 3 Remarks In this manual pop up menus will be indicated as File gt Save As The word File before the sign gt indicates the menu from the menu bar The information after the gt sign is a command that you can choose within the menu You can visit our web site www softron tv for information about updates as well as to contact us for support In the first part of this manual we will briefly introduce you to OnTheAir Live You will learn about the different configurations and how to install and launch the software OnTheAir Live 1 1b3 User Manual vers 2 Softron Media Services About OnTheAir Live 1 1 Some quick facts What is OnTheAir Node OnTheAir Node is the next generation playout ingest engine from Softron It has been designed to fulfill a need in the broadcasting industry for an inexpensive reliable and customizable video server based on off the shelf technology The concept was to make OnTheAir Node completely faceless apart from the System Preferences pane and completely open to third party applications along with Softron s own applications as well It is controlled through Telnet a very open standards based protocol used in many broadcasting equipment This means the nod
4. which indexes the files and OnTheAir Live s computer or if you want to point to another volume folder will you need to set this preference To add a Equivalent Local Path click on the button on the bottom left This window will show up Nodes Node 1 J Media Folders Volumes Media a Equivalent Local Path Users admin Movies Select the Node you want from the list Then OnTheAir Live will show you the list of Media Folders for that Node Select the one you need and then click on the Choose button to choose the folder equivalent to the one selected in OnTheAir Node Media Folders OnTheAir Live 1 1b3 User Manual vers 2 Softron Media Services Using OnTheAir Live In this third part we will explain how to use the OnTheAir Live Il 17 OnTheAir Live 1 1b3 User Manual vers 2 Softron Media Services Overview of the user interface Media Browser A Final Cut Pro Documents gt I MovieRecorder2 Movie_2398 copy 384 mov Publicites 00 00 10 10 2009 07 01 12 01 Apple ProRes HQ 1920x1080 24 00 fps ie Movie_2398 copy 385 mov Publicites 00 00 10 10 2009 07 01 12 01 Apple ProRes HQ 1920x1080 24 00 fps Movie_2398 copy 387 mov Movie 00 00 10 10 2009 07 01 12 01 Apple ProRes HQ 1920x1080 24 00 fps ie Movie_2398 copy 388 mov O Film 00 00 10 10 2009 07 01 12 01 Apple ProRes HQ 1920x1080 24 00 fps Bee Movie_2398 copy 389 mov Green 00 00 10 10 2009 07 01 12 01 Apple ProRes HQ 1920
5. using RS232 but may need to develop a specific plugin for you This development is free of charge Contact us before you buy OnTheAir Node to make sure that it will be possible to control your router and in which time frame e etc it can be almost anything that has to be controlled by the playout Contact us if you have some needs we ll be happy to talk about it When you modify the value of a clip Attribute Built in or Custom its title becomes in bold showing that the value set there is not the default one When you modify only the Custom Attributes this icon appears in the playlist amp OnTheAir Live 1 1b3 User Manual vers 2 Softron Media Services Il 26 D 59 Inspector In Out Duration 00 00 01 23 MovieTime Indicators e Current Position the timecode start at 00 00 00 00 at the position where the playhead is located e Duration the Clip Duration considering the in out points Preview Window Video Preview of the Movie Timeline Scrub Play into the Movie you can use standard JKL and arrows shortcuts to move the playhead In Out Points e In Point the timecode where the In Point is set e Out Point the timecode where the Out Point is set To set in and out points you can e go toa position in the timeline and use the i and o shortcuts e click on Mark Go Clear button e manually type the Timecode In Out Beware that these in out settings are set only for
6. 0 04 01 15 27 Apple ProRes LT 1920x1080 29 97 fps EN My Serie Episode 1 23 18 46 18 Desert 00 00 Commercials 2010 04 01 15 29 EE Apple ProRes LT 1920x1080 29 97 fps EN se saa J Music LOOP 18 46 27 Dive in Slow Mo 00 00 21 2010 6 Commercials 2010 04 01 15 32 Apple ProRes LT 1920x1080 29 97 fps EN nt Sis he 18 46 49 Dolphins 1 00 00 11 Commercials 2010 04 01 15 34 Apple ProRes LT 1920x1080 29 97 fps EN 00 20 54 18 47 01 Dolphins 2 00 00 12 2010 11 16 13 49 Commercials 2010 04 01 15 36 Apple ProRes LT 1920x1080 29 97 fps EN 00 00 04 2010 04 02 13 32 00 00 04 2010 04 02 13 33 00 00 11 2010 04 01 15 40 HB Appie ProRes LT 1920x1080 29 97 fps EN 00 00 02 2010 04 01 15 41 PRIME TIME Shows 18 00 00 20 00 00 18 00 00 20 00 00 PRIME TIME Shows 23 31 09 My Serie Episode 2 reach s r a a as A 27 23 54 09 INSTANT LIVE 4 l 7 OnTheAir Live 1 1b3 User Manual vers 2 Softron Media Services l 8 OnTheAir Server Er When creating playlists with OnTheAir Live or playlists and schedules with OnTheAir Manager they are stored locally to the client This means that multiple users can not access the same schedules and playlists With OnTheAir Live it is relatively easy to overcome as you can save the vpls playlist to a shared storage and open it from multiple locations But with OnTheAir Manage
7. Air Live is typically to be used in Live production to start news subjects with Cue mode A B Roll multiple playlist creations etc The great advantages compared to OnTheAir Video is that multiple clients can see what is playing so you can have your producer and journalists seeing what is the clip that is currently playing without 2000000 ma aooo being able to control the playout and have only the operator m a A controlling the playout The A B Roll is also a unique feature TETE in OnTheAir Live where you can have the next 2 subjects ready to play OnTheAir Manager OnTheAir Manager is another client application for OnTheAir Node This one is not free This the application that enables you to schedule your playout for 24 7 It has a calendar style user interface and have some great new features like hierarchical playlists clip categories inherited attributes repeated events Live clips etc One OnTheAir Manager can take control of multiple OnTheAir Node But the schedules and playlists on one OnTheAir Manager client can not be shared among multiple users as they are stored locally If you want to be able to have multiple clients modifying the same schedules and playlists you will need OnTheAir Server Ca omna A AO 00 1 2 1 9 TTT 00 08 34 00 1 0 48 AOOOOOOONDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODOOODUOOOOOOOODOUOONOOOOOOOODOOONMMMMMMI 00 08 34 Dolphins 1 18 46 05 Clouds 00 00 12 a Commercials 201
8. Filler_Jewellery mov 00 03 00 05 2007 07 19 11 49 DVCPro HD 1080i 50 1920x1080 25 00 fps LUXETV Filler_Spa mov 00 03 06 05 2007 07 19 12 03 DVCPro HD 1080i 50 1920x1080 25 00 fps LUXETV Geneve PatekMuseum En mov 00 06 12 03 2007 07 20 16 16 DVCPro HD 1080i 50 1920x1080 25 00 fps LUXETV Maurice StGeranVilla En mov 00 07 13 12 2007 07 20 16 25 DVCPro HD 1080i 50 1920x1080 25 00 fps LUXETV Trailer En 1BC DVCPRO HD mov Film 00 01 04 20 2007 07 20 09 59 DVCPro HD 1080i 50 1920x1080 25 00 fps Softron_Crowd_DVCPROHD mov Movie 00 00 05 00 2008 04 25 10 46 DVCPro HD 1080i 50 1440x1080 25 00 fps Softron_MovieRecorder_DVCPROHD mov Movie 00 00 10 00 2008 05 15 10 47 DVCPro HD 1080i 50 1440x1080 25 00 fps Softron_OnTheAirVideo_DVCPROHD mov 00 00 10 00 2007 11 14 19 13 DVCPro HD 1080i 50 1440x1080 25 00 fps Softron_Path_DVCPROHD copy mov Gray 00 00 20 00 2007 11 14 13 09 DVCPro HD 1080i 50 1440x1080 25 00 fps Softron_Path_DVCPROHD mov Gray 00 00 20 00 2007 11 14 13 09 DVCPro HD 1080i 50 1440x1080 25 00 fps gt I DVPAL43 gt alpha Node Selection Select which Node you want to see the List of available Media from Thumbnail 4 Shows the Thumbnail of the selected clip List of available Media for the selected Node There is the list of all Media available for the selected Node with informations such as the validity will be greyed out if not valid or offline the Finder Label set in the
9. Finder the Duration the Last Modification Date the format Number of Selected Items Il 18 OnTheAir Live 1 1b3 User Manual vers 2 Softron Media Services Playlist Overview HA 00 22 43 21 iii Eee x ee 0 13 35 08 pm LUXETV Filler_Escape 1 00 02 55 20 2007 07 19 11 54 DVCPro HD 1080i 50 1920x1080 25 00 fps EN DVCPRO HD _ 00 01 04 17 20 09 4 Time Indicators Will give you information about the Elapsed duration and remaining time of the current clip and or playlist Node Selection Playback Controls Playback Modes Node selection Select the Node where the playlists need to go out to Playback Controls Skip to previous stop pause play skip to next Playback Modes Enable disable the Chain Loop CueA B Roll Modes Playlist The list of clips to broadcast with some quick info about Start Time Thumbnail Clip Name Last modification date Duration Languages Clip End Behavior Logo On Off Items Selected Number and Duration of selected items Il 19 OnTheAir Live 1 1b3 User Manual vers 2 Softron Media Services Il 20 Playlist Selected Node Playback Controls Playback Settings Las mi lL Lee Edi lt Le Select the Node you want to control there Selected Node Playback Controls as Node 1 B Anne gt 5 4 Playlist Playback Settings Here are the different play modes Chain in this mode the clips will play one a
10. alling and licensing OnTheAir Live Installing OnTheAir Live Il 14 3 2 Download it from the download pages of www softron tv Unzip the file Drag and drop the file to the Applications Folder Double click on the file OnTheAir Live in the Applications Folder That s it Licensing OnTheAir Live OnTheAir Live is a free application and thus do not need any serial number nor dongle the serial number or dongle you receive should be installed on OnTheAir Node OnTheAir Live 1 1b3 User Manual vers 2 Softron Media Services Setting up OnTheAir Live gt 4 1 OnTheAir Live General preferences The first tab of the OnTheAir Live preferences window is the General preferences NO Preferences Default Nodes Default Offline Clip Duration 00 01 00 00 Auto Cue M Enable After Delay 5 0 Default Nodes Set which Node will be selected by default when you create a new playlist If you select 2 Nodes one A and one B every new playlist that you will create will be in A B roll mode by default Default Offline Clip Duration You can create offline clips in OnTheAir Live playlists This sets the default duration for these offline clips created in a playlist but you will of course be able to change the durations every time you create an offline clip Auto Cue Auto Cue is a feature that is used in Cue mode and which will automatically cue the next clip after a defined time when it reaches the end
11. dicate the Elapsed or Remaining Time for the Playlist or for the Clips The numbers in the left window Elapsed Time are in grey all the time The numbers in the right window Remaining Time are mostly in green but 30 seconds before 0 they become orange and 10 seconds before the end they become red OnTheAir Live 1 1b3 User Manual vers 2 Softron Media Services Il 22 5 7 x Playlist Clip Cell The playlist is simply a succession of video clips The first column indicates the relative start time of each clip 00 43 17 05 The second column shows a thumbnail of the clip meg The third column has 3 lines e the Name of the file or the QuickTime Title e the Finder Label with a colored circle and the name of the Label this must be customized on OnTheAir Node which gives that information not on OnTheAir Live e the file format information codec size of frame frame rate audio languages available Softron Crowd DVCPROHD O Movie DVCPro HD 1080i 50 1440x1080 25 00 fps EN FR The forth column also has 3 lines e the duration of the clip e the last modification of the clip e the attributes area where different icons can show considering which attributes are set for the clip 00 00 05 00 2008 04 25 10 46 Color Codes in playlists e A clip tinted in blue indicates it is selected e Aclip tinted in green there will also be a green triangle on the Thumbnail indicates that the clip is now playin
12. e can be controlled from any application on any platform to provide seamless playout and ingest functions Reliability OnTheAir Node has been designed to launch automatically at startup and to resume operation even after a crash or power loss A log of everything that is played is maintained and available for the user It is not necessary to have a display monitor connected to the Node server which makes it ideal for using on headless servers like the Xserve It has been tested with a media catalog of more than 500 000 video clips Media Cataloging One of the challenges of having client server setups is to make sure the client knows exactly what media are available on the server at any time This is achieved by providing synchronization information to the clients even if they are disconnected for long periods of time Information on the clips is provided as XML making it easy for any application to retrieve the clip s characteristics like video codec audio sample rate creation date last modification date finder label etc It also automatically validates the clips to make sure they are compatible for playback If not a detailed description of the problem is available to the client applications The Node will also automatically retrieve a file even if it has been moved or copied If the original becomes unavailable a copy will be used instead and this is completely transparent to the user Clip Attributes Another revolutionary feature
13. enus Overview Be aware that some of the Menus are created automatically for all Mac OS X Applications and therefore are not always used by OnTheAir Node Also these menus are subject to change from one version to the other Menu File e New Creates a new playlist e New from Node Retrieve the current playlist that is loaded on a Node This will create a new Untitled playlist that will contain all the clips that are scheduled to be played on a Node See the chapter on how to use OnTheAir Live for more informations e Open Opens an existing playlist e Open Recent Opens a list with the 5 last opened playlists among which you will be able to choose e Close Closes the current playlist e Save Saves the current playlist e Save As Saves the playlist with another name or at another place Menu Edit e Undo Undo an action e Redo Redo an action after an Undo e Cut Cut a clip from the playlist removes it from the playlist and place it in the Clip board e Copy Copies the clip leaves it in the playlist and place it in the clip boardl e Paste Pastes the clip from the Clip Board Place it on the top of the selected clip e Delete Erases the selected clip in the playlist e Select All Selects all the clips in the same playlist Menu Window e Minimize Minimize the current Playlist window and place it in the Dock e Zoom e Bring All To front Shows all the Playlists that were hidden by othe
14. fter the other in the order of the playlist If unchecked OnTheAir Live will stop after each clip Loop at the end of the playlist OnTheAir Live will go back to the beginning and replay the playlist Cue when double clicking on a clip or when selecting a clip and pressing on the space bar or clicking on Play instead of playing immediately the clip will be paused on the first frame When pressing the space bar again or clicking on Play the clip will start to play until the end and hold the last frame for the duration set in preferences then hold the first frame of the next clip This is very useful for News and live shows when the subject is ready on the first frame It should be used in combination with Chain Mode when Chain Mode is enabled the clips will play one after another when disabled OnTheAir Live will stop after each clip and select the next one so that it is ready to be cued A B Roll If this option is enabled it will add one more Node Selection pop up menu to the right of your playlist If you select a Node in this menu you will see that the User Interface changes This means that Clip with an orange A to the left will be played from Node A and Clip with a blue B will play from Node B This option is mainly used for Live productions where the producer already wants to have the following subject ready to go to air or to mix 2 different clips e55 Playlist Playback Controls Se
15. g e A clip tinted in red there will also be a red cross on the thumbnail indicates that the clip is offline Maybe the clip and or the folder in which it was has been moved or renamed Be careful when you move rename or delete Files and or folders And remember that it s OnTheAir Node that catalog the media that are located in the Media Folder you have set e Aclip preceded by a grey lock is a clip locked because it is already buffered This means that 10 seconds before the end of the playing clip the next clip will be locked About Locked Clips Clips are locked when they are playing green or buffered grey lock When clips are locked there is anumber of operation you can not do e Move or delete the clip in the playlist e Modify in out points e Modify the Attributes OnTheAir Live 1 1b3 User Manual vers 2 Softron Media Services Symbols Clip End Behavior Stop At End Clip End Behavior Hold Last Frame Clip End Behavior Play Next clip Clip End Behavior Loop Shows that in and or out points are set 6206 Shows that Actions are set on the clip Operations in the playlist Within the playlists you can perform several operations e Inserting and ordering the clips by drag and drop With drag and drop the clips are inserted at the top of the clip where your pointer is You can organize the clips even ina playing playlist as long as the clip is not locked e Copy paste one or more clips Select one or more clip
16. heAir Live playlist the easiest is to create one on your computer save it and then right click on the playlist file and choose in the menu Open With and then open it with any text editor like Text Edit or Text Wrangler You will see that there are many informations referenced in the XML but if you create the playlists yourself you do not have to set all the information there you don t have to create the thumbnail for example I 31 OnTheAir Live 1 1b3 User Manual vers 2 Softron Media Services
17. hich video cards can you use to key If you enabled the Key on that Node Keying set to Internal or External in OnTheAir Node Playback Preferences you can then enable or disable keying for each individual clip Be aware though that every time you will enable or disable the key the output will jump So we recommend not to switch it often Audio Source Select here what will be the source of the audio that will be outputted e Player The Audio that will be outputted is the audio of the clips played e Audio In The Audio that will be outputted is the audio that is getting in the selected video input and coming for example from your studio OnTheAir Live 1 1b3 User Manual vers 2 Softron Media Services Il 25 Volume You can adjust the volume for every clip To adjust the volume select one or more clip and drag the slide bar in the drawer window Clip end Behavior This option sets the way the selected clip s should end e Normal the clip will end as it is set in the Playback Mode for the playlist So if the playlist is in Chain Mode OnTheAir Node will play the next clip if it is not in Chain Mode OnTheAir Node will stop after playing the clip If the playlist is in cue Mode OnTheAir Node will select the next clip ready to be cued e Stop At End stops playing completely at the end of the clip e Hold Last Frame OnTheAir Node will stay on pause on the last frame e Play Next Clip Plays the next clip even if chain mode
18. ia Services System Requirements 2 1 Computer Requirements OnTheAir Live requires e any Intel Computer e Minimum 4 GB RAM e Mac OS X version 10 5 8 or later 2 2 Video Audio output OnTheAir Live doesn t do the output OnTheAir Node is the application that actually Outputs the video so it doesn t require any Video Card to be installed on the computer 2 3 Storage OnTheAir Live doesn t do the output OnTheAir Node is the application that actually outputs the video so it doesn t require any specific storage as the files are located on the computer where OnTheAir Node is installed it can be the same computer If you want to trim the files you will need to mount the volumes 2 4 Supported Codecs File format OnTheAir Live doesn t do the output OnTheAir Node is the application that actually outputs the video sorefer to OnTheAir Node user manual to know about the supported codecs l 12 OnTheAir Live 1 1b3 User Manual vers 2 Softron Media Services Installing amp Setting up OnTheAir Live In this second part we will explain how to set up the OnTheAir Live preferences Please read this section carefully Not only will it provide valuable information on how to set up your hardware and software correctly but also because much of the information provided will be helpful in your every day use of OnTheAir Live Il 13 OnTheAir Live 1 1b3 User Manual vers 2 Softron Media Services Inst
19. is not active e Loop OnTheAir Node will go back to the beginning of the clip and play it again Overlay Logo It is here where you choose the logo to overlay on one or more clip Don t forget that the logos or graphics files must be in the folder indicated in the preferences and that these files must be in png tiff or psd and in the resolution 720 576 for PAL or 720 x 486 or 720 x 480 for NTSC 1920 1080 for HD 72 dpi with an extension png at the end To choose which file is to be overlaid select one or more clips and in the drawer click on the logo overlay pull down menu and select the file you want If you wish to have more complicated Graphics overlay like tickers animated logo clocks etc Check our product OnTheAir CG It can be controlled from OnTheAir Node so you can choose when to overlay your graphics as well Reverse Field order If the editor has exported the clip with the wrong field priority you can still correct it here Custom Attributes OnTheAir Node can have Custom attributes which are given by the plugins that you install in the plugin folder of OnTheAir Node There can be multiple plugins such as e GPI Commander to control a GPI Commander USB converter box to be purchased separately e OntTheAir CG to control our Character Generator program OnTheAir CG start stop update projects e Video Router plugin you can control almost any Video Router provided the plugin is available We control video routers
20. lected Node Playback Settings _ Node 1 B HOMECO Ea e ol i Le The six Play controls are Play Next Clip Stop Pause Play Cue Clip Play Next Clip On the right hand side and left hand side you also have the Lock and Unlock buttons to take control of the Nodes may require a password OnTheAir Live 1 1b3 User Manual vers 2 Softron Media Services gt 56 Playlist Time Indicators Il 21 The upper numbers of the Timeline provide information about the time Elapsed Time Duration Remaining Time for the entire playlist The lower numbers indicate this time information for the current clip N0 24 47 00 00 24 47 00 00 44 22 05 ITU QU ta Elapsed Duration and Remaining Elapsed Time of the clip and or Time of the playlist Playlist Elapsed Duration and Remaining O Duration of the clip and or Playlist Time of the playing clip Elapsed Time of the Clip or Playlist w Remaining Time of the clip and or Control Click to switch Playlist Remaining Time of the Clip or Playlist Control Click to switch The two windows with larger numbers to the left and to the right of this Timeline are Elapsed Time and Remaining Time indicators It is limited to 59 minutes 59 seconds Above that limit it indicates These windows can indicate the Remaining or Elapsed Time for the playlist OR for the clip To change that right click on the numbers or ctrl click and choose whether you want these numbers to in
21. ment mn 2010 09 27 12 12 58 0200 00 00 15 01 iq E 00 00 03 09 Sports Basketball mov k Commercials 00 56 00 02 y Dive in Slow Mo mov 00 00 21 26 2010 04 01 15 32 01 0200 00 00 15 02 My Beautifull Movie copy mov Movie 2010 09 27 13 18 34 0200 00 00 23 02 ers My Serie Episode 2 mov 2010 09 27 12 25 41 0200 00 00 24 18 02 00 00 00 00 23 00 02 Dolphins 1 mov 2010 04 01 15 34 26 0200 CL T4 I 1 7 00 00 08 00 00 19 Z Chain amp Loop Timecode Start Show Thumbnails BB Hide Playback Controls Audio Sample Rate Device 1 DV VCR 124 item s in list GD PAL 48 kHz 00 04 06 12 LogoSoftronflares dv PAL 48 kHz 00 04 38 12 Presentationintro dv PAL 48 kHz 00 04 45 08 LogoSoftro 00 00 05 PAL 48 kHz 00 04 50 08 00 00 05 PAL 48 kHz 00 04 59 08 LogoSoftron_yellow dv 00 00 05 PAL 48 kHz 00 05 04 08 LogoSoftro 00 00 05 PAL 48 kHz 00 05 09 08 Presentation_softron dv 00 00 27 00 00 11 21 00 04 54 08 j PAL 48 kHz L4 gt Playlistl Manuel ee a 25 08 Z Chain Z Z Loop Cue TC Start Z Show Thumbnails Hide Playback Controls 14 item s in list Start Time Thumbnail Filename t 2005 08 19 12 30 00 CA e 00 11 24 11 man 1fas_2IN_strellifemmes_voNL mov 00 00 51 OEN 2005 04 20 03 44 34 v 00 12 15 07 00 12 18 12 ae B 03 18 16 38 ae 00 00 00 00 12 24 23 Foot Mouscron d
22. n a media folder of the selected node The advantage of drag and dropping clips between two playlists is that the clip settings logo volume in out points will also be kept To create a new playlist choose File gt New Playlist or press N Then to place the clips you want where you want them you have several options e Next to the playlist window open a finder window or another playlist window From this window find the clips that you want to use Select a clip or many clips hold the click on it and move it in the playlist window then release the mouse button when it is at the place you want it to be This new clip will go at the top of the selected clip in the playlist where you dropped it e Open two playlists and select one or more clips then press C or choose Edit gt Copy Then select the playlist in which you want to copy these files and select the clip on the top of which you want to place them Then press V or choose Edit gt Paste e Select the clip on the top of which you want to place the new clips then press N or choose File gt Add Then select the clip s you want to add and press OK e You can select multiple clips by holding down the Apple key and you can select consecutive clips by holding the shift key e Ifa clip is invalid yellow icon you will not be able to drop it in a playlist Check the reason why it s not valid hold your mouse over it and correct it e Once a
23. of the clip If you disable that feature OnTheAir Live will hold the last frame of the clip for an undefined duration and you will need a manual operation press the space bar or click on the play button in order to cue the next clip In A B Roll it behaves a little differently e when Auto Cue is on and let s say a clip is playing on Node A if you start the clip on Node B it will cue the next clip on Node A after the defined duration e when Auto Cue is off and let s say a clip is playing on Node A if you start the clip on Node B it will continue playing the clip on Node A until the end and hold the last frame of the clip until you press the space bar or click the play button It will then cue the next clip on Node A More info on this in the chapter on how to use OnTheAir Live Il 15 OnTheAir Live 1 1b3 User Manual vers 2 Softron Media Services Il 16 OnTheAir Live Media Folder preferences 0009 Preferences Node Media Folder Equivalent Local Path Volumes Media Volumes Media When you will want to trim a clip OnTheAir Live will need to have access to it For that the volume where the files are stored must be mounted your Mac If the path to the files is the same on the OnTheAir Node computer which indexes the files and OnTheAir Live s computer you will not need to set any equivalent Local Path and OnTheAir Live will have access to it Only if the path are different on the OnTheAir Node computer
24. of the node is that it publishes available clip attributes so that every client application knows exactly what plugins are available on the node and what their possible values are An example is the GPICommander plugin the first plug in to be released with the Node which advertises all its inputs and outputs along with their state When the node is playing a clip and its attributes are different than the current value the plug in will automatically be called to adapt its state So for instance if a clip is marked with an attribute of GPICommander Output 1 On and the current value is off then the appropriate output will be turned on automatically when the clip begins That makes it very easy to assign attributes to clips and does not require to use manual actions anymore Another available attribute is the logo overlay The clients know exactly what logo overlay files are available on the node and can select which one to apply on each clip OnTheAir Live 1 1b3 User Manual vers 2 Softron Media Services I 5 Playout OnTheAir Node uses under the hood our well knows playback engine that provides seamless reliable SD and HD playout functions while adding features like multi lingual audio support Station logo overlay and last but not least alpha support for ARGB playback playing a movie with its key on a separate output Each host computer will originally support two nodes to allow for multi channel playout and or ingest Ingest
25. playlist is opened and if one of the file becomes unavailable deleted from the disk or not valid anymore it will immediately be reflected in the playlist Creating a playlist in ASCII Using ASCI playlist is a very easy way for an external application to create playlists if they don t want to bother creating an XML An ASCII playlist is simply a Text file that holds only the full or relative path to the clips The text file should look like this Volumes Video Clips Clipl mov Volumes Video Clips Clip2 mov Volumes Video Clips Clip3 mov Volumes Video Clips Clip4 mov Volumes Video Clips Clip5 mov Volumes Video Clips Clip6 mov Volumes Video Clips Clip7 mov Volumes Video Clips Clip8 mov Now to open this file in OnTheAir Live simply go in the menu File gt Import ASCI Playlist This will import all the 8 files in OnTheAir Live You will then have to save the playlist and reopen it in order to use it Il 30 OnTheAir Live 1 1b3 User Manual vers 2 Softron Media Services 7 4 Creating a playlist in XML Third party integration Creating a playlist directly in XML the playlists native format is a bit more complicated than creating an ASCII playlist but so much easier after because it s the native format of OnTheAir Live playlists Also you can add as much information in the XML as if you were doing the playlist in OnTheAir Live you can add Logo Actions In Out points etc To know how to format the OnT
26. ptop Mac mini with very few memory It has the Scheduling option making it possible to use for 24 7 broadcast operations Compared to OnTheAir Video it doesn t have however the Logo HD or multi language options It only plays dv stream files 2 OnTheAir Video The PCI version of OnTheAir Video uses our own playout engine that has been developed and improved since it was first used in 2004 It has proven very high reliability and therefore is the ideal companion for broadcast 24 7 or live shows OnTheAir Video can playout most QuickTime codecs provided they are i frame and has some advanced features some are optional such as Logo overlay multilingual Actions to trigger external devices such as GPI or Character generators etc Scheduling For Live shows OnTheAir Video also has the Cue mode which will make it a very easy to use video player to start Video subjects OnTheAir Live 1 1b3 User Manual vers 2 Softron Media Services 1 3 OnTheAir Live OnTheAir Manager and OnTheAir Server OnTheAir Live and OnTheAir Manager are 2 Mac OS X client applications that can control OnTheAir Node Each have their specifities and in short OnTheAir Live is for Live production and OnTheAir Manager is for 24 7 scheduling of OnTheAir Node OnTheAir Live OnTheAir Live is bundled free with OnTheAir Node You can then install it on any number of client workstation One OnTheAir Live can control multiple OnTheAir Node OnThe
27. r all is stored in a local database which can not be saved to a shared storage and opened by multiple users as it would result in conflicts when multiple users will try to modify the same part of a schedule That is where OnTheAir Server is needed when you want multiple users to be able to modify the Same schedules and playlists The Schedules and playlists will then not be stored locally but on the Server which will handle the read write access to the database for multiple users When purchasing a OnTheAir Server license it entitles you to install any number of OnTheAir Manager client applications OnTheAir Live 1 1b3 User Manual vers 2 Softron Media Services Different possible setups OnTheAir Video DV and Express also is a playout application that needs to be controlled from the computer where the application is running However some usage may require to control the playout from a different computer For example if you install the playout computer in a Machine Room and want to control the playout from the Control Room With OnTheAir Video this is only possible using a Screen Sharing application or some Apple Scripts This can work very nicely for some users but is not always the ideal solution may be a little slow etc That is why Softron has developed a version of OnTheAir Video that is based on the client server architecture and it is called OnTheAir Node OnTheAir Node uses the same reliable engine as OnTheAir Video but b
28. r Applications e Media Browser select this menu to show the Media Browser window e Clip Inspector select this menu to show the Clip Inspector window e At the bottom of this menu you can also see all the opened Playlists You can select and show them from here e Search will search in OnTheAir Node menus and Help topics for the Mac OS e OnTheAir Node Help Opens the OnTheAir Node Manual Il 28 OnTheAir Live 1 1b3 User Manual vers 2 Softron Media Services How to create a playlist gt 7 1 Basics A playlist is a document that you save on your disk that is simply a compilation of clips The extension of a playlist is vpls It s an XML file with all the information of the clips etc It will look like that 00 13 35 08 pm LUXETV Filler_Escape 1 00 02 55 20 2007 07 19 11 54 DVCPro HD 1080i 50 1920x1080 25 00 fps EN 00 16 31 03 LUXETV Filler_Escape 2 00 19 28 02 00 E 2007 07 00 22 40 10 z LUXETV Filler_Jewellery 00 25 40 15 LUXETV Filler_Spa LUXETV Geneve PatekMuseum En 00 34 58 23 00 42 12 10 l __ 00 01 04 20 if R Fr UU U Zo Mure 00 43 17 05 yy Soft 00 00 05 00 Il 29 OnTheAir Live 1 1b3 User Manual vers 2 Softron Media Services 7 2 Creating a playlist manually Creating playlists is relatively simple You do so by using drag and drop between the media browser and a playlist or between two playlists And even from the Finder to the playlist provided the clip is withi
29. rings the power of a client server architecture With OnTheAir Video or OnTheAir Video DV or OnTheAir Video Express One client controls one or 2 output but only local you need to be on the computer to control it With OnTheAir Node OnTheAir Manager or OnTheAir Live One client OnTheAir Manager or OnTheAir Live control one output OnTheAir Node on the same computer One client OnTheAir Manager or OnTheAir Live control 2 output OnTheAir Node on the same computer A V signals Saas Network I 9 OnTheAir Live 1 1b3 User Manual vers 2 Softron Media Services One client OnTheAir Manager or OnTheAir Live control multiple output OnTheAir Node remotely by connecting to the Nodes with Ethernet ue LR emer LEE TE CEE TEE LUE Cie CELL EC TEL TELL EL Si Ms eFC A One or multiple output OnTheAir Node can be controlled by multiple clients only OnTheAir Live for OnTheAir Manager you will need OnTheAir Server J cen mm eee SN 20 7 I 10 OnTheAir Live 1 1b3 User Manual vers 2 Softron Media Services With OnTheAir Node OnTheAir Server OnTheAir Manager One and or multiple clients OnTheAir Manager control one and or multiple output OnTheAir Node by connecting to a Server OnTheAir Server TS me gin P EFA TN TO Al R G46 non NN A V signals SSS Network l 11 OnTheAir Live 1 1b3 User Manual vers 2 Softron Med
30. s in a playlist then press cmd C or select Edit gt Copy then in another playlist or the same playlist select a clip and then press cmd V or select Edit gt Paste The copied clips will be pasted at the top of the selected clip You can also Copy Paste one or more clips by holding the alt key while moving a clip within a playlist Il 23 OnTheAir Live 1 1b3 User Manual vers 2 Softron Media Services Il 24 gt 58 Inspector Attributes w Tool Bar Select what you want to see edit Attributes In Out Resize Info O Alpha Key off sourre Built in Attributes e Modify the Built in Attributes here 10 Alpha Key Audio Source Audio Volume EiClin End Behaviour Clip End Behavior Logo Overlay Reverse ened field Order O Overlay Logo Default San SE ey Custom Attributes Modify the Custom Attributes These Normal 3 eae attributes will depend on the plugins to control for example GPI Commander or Y Kramer VS x02 Matrix Switcher Node Plugin O Kramer VS x02 Output 01 1 a Video Router that are installed on the selected Node O Kramer VS x02 Output 02 1 O Kramer VS x02 Serial Port Name Built in Attributes Alpha Key You can use OnTheAir Node to overlay graphics on top of an incoming signal if you have a video card that supports Keying To check refer to the Knowledge Base article here http softron zendesk com entries 303926 w
31. the selected clip in this playlist It will not change the in and out points of all the occurrences If you want to do that you ll have to re export the clip or copy paste it from one playlist to another OnTheAir Live 1 1b3 User Manual vers 2 Softron Media Services RE Inspector Resize OnTheAir Node has a powerful feature that enables you to resize your video and reposition it where you want to This feature will require you to Apply it once you have modified one of the value Note for the position that when you set the position to X 0 and Y 0 the frame will be located at the top left corner and that the value indicated is in pixels O Clip Inspector Dal L aki Sn i C Resize Video Size W 1920 H 1080 Position x 0 Y 0 F Apply Mi ARBRE Inspector Info Info is the tab where you can see different informations such as the full path of the clip its codec This can be very useful if you want to check where a media is located etc Il 27 9800 Clip Inspector Clip Name Artbeats_ Compilation_AppleProResHQ Apple Source Volumes Video Videos_NTSC Apple ProRes Artbeats_ Compilation_AppleProResHQ Apple Format Apple ProRes Standard FPS 29 97 drop frame Duration 00 03 05 22 Size 1920 x 1080 pixels Node Name Node 2 TEST In Point none Out Point none Media Folder Path Volumes Video Videos_ NTSC OnTheAir Live 1 1b3 User Manual vers 2 Softron Media Services M
32. v 2005 07 27 17 23 33 00 03 03 00 15 28 08 streetlife avi 2004 03 10 03 48 32 00 03 40 00 03 40 2004 03 10 03 48 32 00 22 48 08 streetlife avi 2004 03 10 03 48 32 00 03 40 00 19 08 08 bait streetlife avi OnTheAir Video Express OnTheAir Video Express is the entry level playout application Its strength relies in that it can output any file QuickTime can read to any available Video output If you can open a file with QuickTime you can output it with OnTheAir Video Express It can also read ARGB files This means that from After Effects or Motion project you can export a file in Animation codec or Apple ProRes 4444 and overlay that file on top of an incoming signal making it a really efficient Character Generator with tools you know As QuickTime is used to output the video and not our own engine as with OnTheAir Video OnTheAir Video Express is not a playout application recommended for 24 7 it is rather intended at Live shows or productions It also doesn t have some options like the Scheduling or Logo overlay option OnTheAir Video DV The FireWire Version of OnTheAir Video called OnTheAir Video DV works only with any FireWire Converter With the multichannel video option you can output up to 4 video signal from one computer with additional FireWire card and the appropriate number for FireWire converter The strength of OnTheAir Video DV is that it is very light to run and can run from a la
33. x1080 24 00 fps Movie_2398 copy 390 mov Purple 00 00 10 10 2009 07 01 12 01 Apple ProRes HQ 1920x1080 24 00 fps Movie_2398 copy 391 mov 00 00 10 10 2009 07 01 12 01 Apple ProRes HQ 1920x1080 24 00 fps ie Movie_2398 copy 392 mov 00 00 10 10 2009 07 01 12 01 Apple ProRes HQ 1920x1080 24 00 fps Movie_2398 copy 393 mov 00 00 10 10 2009 07 01 12 01 Apple ProRes HQ 1920x1080 24 00 fps ie Movie_2398 copy 394 mov Green 00 00 10 10 2009 07 01 12 01 Apple ProRes HQ 1920x1080 24 00 fps Movie_2398 copy 395 mov 00 00 10 10 2009 07 01 12 01 Apple ProRes HQ 1920x1080 24 00 fps ie Movie_2398 copy 396 mov 00 00 10 10 2009 07 01 12 01 Apple ProRes HQ 1920x1080 24 00 fps Movie_2398 copy 397 mov 00 00 10 10 2009 07 01 12 01 Apple ProRes HQ 1920x1080 24 00 fps gt Proxy gt Render Files gt Temp v Videos v I DVCProHD Demo Japan HD2 mov Publicites 00 05 07 11 2008 04 11 22 19 DVCPro HD 1080i 50 1920x1080 25 00 fps LUXETV ChampagneCastellane EN mov 00 06 21 07 2007 03 29 19 29 DVCPro HD 1080i 50 1920x1080 25 00 fps LUXETV Filler_Cars mov 00 02 06 15 2007 07 19 11 51 DVCPro HD 1080i 50 1920x1080 25 00 fps LUXETV Filler_Escape 1 mov 00 02 55 20 2007 07 19 11 54 DVCPro HD 1080i 50 1920x1080 25 00 fps LUXETV Filler_Escape 2 mov 00 02 56 24 2007 07 19 11 57 DVCPro HD 1080i 50 1920x1080 25 00 fps LUXETV Filler_Escape 3 mov 00 03 12 08 2007 07 19 12 00 DVCPro HD 1080i 50 1920x1080 25 00 fps LUXETV

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