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2. Configuration List Displays the list of configurations available from the server Apply Applies the selected configuration 21 Issue 4 1 D 4 3 3 4 3 4 22 Xedio S uite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Field Button Description 1 0 Channel Displays the list of recorder channels from the selected EVS server Button Description Delete Deletes the selected EVS server from the tree structure Refresh Checks whether the EVS video server is reachable If yes the server configuration is retrieved If not the server name and server icon are displayed in red Save Saves the parameters entered for the server Clear Clears the parameters entered for the server How TO GANG RECORDER CHANNELS You can gang several recorder channels from an EVS video server To do so proceed as follows 1 Select several recorder channels in 1 0 Channels area 2 Right click the list 3 Select Gang The ganged channels are mentioned in the Ganging column PossiBLE ACTIONS WITH CONTEXTUAL MENUS A right click on a server displays a contextual menu with the following option Menu Item Description Delete XT Deletes the selected EVS server from the tree structure Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 4 4 EVS VIDEO SERVER GROUP When you click the EVS Video Server Group button the EVS Video Serv
3. 2 Switcher Manager Archive Servers gt x File Manager IP Director Item Description VTR Manager Defines setup parameters for a controlled VTR Switcher Manager Defines setup parameters for a switcher connected to the System Archive Servers Defines setup parameters for a server used to archive media XFile Manager Defines setup parameters for an XFile used for rendering IPDirector Defines setup parameters to use information coming from IPDirector API 24 Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 5 2 VTR MANAGER VTR can be used as a source of ingest The VTR video output must connected to the encoder video input When you click the VTR Manager button the VTR Manager window is displayed in the Work area Switcher Input To set VTR parameters complete the following fields and then click on the Save button Field Description ID Number automatically allocated by the system when you save the VTR configuration Label Name you give to the VTR device Description Optional text to describe the VTR device Xedio Ingest IP address of the server hosting the Xedio Ingest Organizer IP Organizer module controlling the VTR to be used Serial COM Port Port used by the workstation when sending data and transport control commands to the VTR in RS 422 Switcher Input Switcher device to which the v
4. 6 6 2 Special Status Display for the Elements explanation has been added to give information on special display of the elements in the elements grid 6 6 3 Quick Text search can now be applied together with an advanced filter with an AND operator 6 6 3 Filter Fields The most relevant parameters are listed on the top of the list 6 6 3 Search Fields Types logical operators now replace text 9 2 3 New General Software Parameters for the Default Proxy Resolution and for the clipping on add frames 9 2 5 New Software Parameters Profile for Xedio CleanEdit check for missing hi res files in the edit timeline new Devices tab video standard selection and Make Local option 9 2 13 New Software Parameters Profiles for Xedio Cutter 9 3 4 9 3 7 Modification of the Keyboard Profile Parameters for forward and reverse play Vil Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 1 Introduction An installation of Xedio Suite can include a single workstation providing a single fast and easy editing facility or a range of workstations running the various applications included in the suite to provide a complete newsroom or sports centre video production solution Each installation of a Xedio Suite requires its own specific configuration and set of parameters All the workstations the users their associated projects and the whole media pool are av
5. XDCAM Ruaby 1 Rugby 1 Clip 001 GENERATE LOW RESOLUTION MEDIA FILES When several files are selected from the list and you select the Generate Low Resolution Media File option several cases can occur 1 Some hi res files are not present the Media server they could be offline or ARCHIDEL A popup window is displayed and lists those missing files You are asked whether you want to continue e Press YES to generate only lo res files corresponding to existing hi res files e Press NO to cancel the operation The hi res files are online and at least one lo res file already exists on the Media server or is ARCHIDEL A popup window is displayed and mentions that existing file You are asked whether you want to overwrite this lo res file Athletisme 00010 14h03 has already tion media Do you want to overwrite this lo res e Press YES to overwrite the existing lo res file If the Do this for all selected media option is selected the check will Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 6 6 3 not be applied on the other files and all the existing lo res files will be generated e Press NO to avoid the replacement of existing lo res files If the Do this for all selected media option is selected the check will not be applied on the other files and only the offline lo res files will b
6. cott DAR e a a 13 3 3 1 STOO UCTO Rs IP 13 33 25 WORE AUNG Logical EN COMGL oerte Ano 13 3 3 3 Modifying the Logical Encoder Properties deno i pride iac 14 3 3 4 Possible Actions with Contextual Merus o user eios tiere 14 34 GROUP MANAG ERa orinario edad tasto vule i latc veda ea ibat 16 16 3 4 2 Creating a Group of Logical scooter e 16 3 4 3 Deleting a Group of Encoders Rer cue 17 2 9 SCHEDULER eire tes ced ORI ROS dites i dus Catal atado de Adda diac 17 30 PREVIEWS trat a do ic teen neto esta aaa ala caine 18 4 LINX AND DIRECT ACCESS iori Erba Ex AR ERR RE Roc 19 A1 IN PRODUCTION qq b Dag aon domi atit 19 42 GENERAL CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS raten mbi 19 13 ENS VIDEOS ERVER Laut vie zeiten ce dii tiec i RR dela ceu s Ree dat 20 q 3 1 i 20 43 2 EVS Serer Para ING be FS sausai PNE s 21 4 3 3 Howto Gang Recorder Channels ista etin tu enki Prid etate n 22 4 3 4 Possible Actions with Contextual Menus sesenta tnnt 22 ad EVS VID
7. monitoring of the player audio stereo 2 selection of the player audio stereo 2 monitoring of the player audio stereo 3 selection of the player audio stereo 3 monitoring of the player audio stereo 4 selection of the player audio stereo 4 monitoring of the player audio stereo 5 selection of the player audio stereo 5 monitoring of the player audio stereo 6 selection of the player audio stereo 6 monitoring of the player audio stereo 7 selection of the player audio stereo 7 monitoring of the player audio stereo 8 selection of the player audio stereo 8 the selection of the player video track set to player Fast rewinds the media in player window if focus is set to player Jumps to end of the clip or media Jumps to the IN point Jumps to the OUT point Jumps to beginning of the clip or media Grabs a still of the current frame Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Player Insert CuePoint Mark IN a Mark IN b Mark OUT a Mark OUT b Next Frame Next Frame b Next CuePoint Next Ganged Camera Next X Frames a Next X Frames b Play Stop PlayClip PlayClip loop Play Forward Play Reverse PlayNearLive Previous Frame a Previous Frame b Previous CuePoint Previous Ganged Camera Previous X Frames a Issue 4 1 D Inserts a cue point needs a number to be typed enter for a timeline cue point
8. 7 2 PROFILE MANAGEMENT When you click the Profile Management button the Metadata Profiles Management window is displayed in the Work area allowing you to define user fields and to associate them into profiles It is divided into three areas 1 Available Metadata Fields 2 Metadata Profile Information 3 Existing Metadata Profiles 57 Issue 4 1 D 7 2 1 58 Xedio S uite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 MANAGING USER FIELDS CREATING USER FIELDS To create a user field press the Add New Field button in the Available Metadata Fields area complete the following fields and then click on the OK button Field Description Field Name Name you want to give to the user field Type Six types of user fields are available They will appear as follows in Xedio CleanEdit Boolean True or False values Combo Drop down list of values defined at creation Date Date field with drop down arrow giving access to a calendar Number Number field with up and down arrows to increase or decrease the value Text Free text field Timecode Timecode field Default Values Possibility to define a default value to be used for the user field The default value is enabled when the Default Values button is surrounded by a red line Description Optional text to
9. Sets clip IN point to current nowline position Sets clip IN point to current nowline position secondary shortcut Sets clip OUT point to current nowline position Sets clip OUT point to current nowline position secondary shortcut Goes to next frame Goes to next frame secondary shortcut Goes to next cue point in Player Goes to next transition in timeline Goes to the next ganged camera Jumps to next x frames x is defined in the software profile Jumps to next x frames x is defined in the software profile secondary shortcut Starts stops loaded media in the Player window from the current position Plays the clip to OUT point once Plays the clip to OUT in loop mode Plays forward at various speeds Plays reverse at various speeds Near live plays a recording media J umps to previous frame Jumps to previous frame secondary shortcut Goes to previous cue point in Player Goes to previous transition in timeline Goes to the previous ganged camera Jumps to previous x frames x is defined in the software profile 99 Issue 4 1 D 100 Player Previous X Frames b Toggle Audio Rewind 25 Rewind 33 Rewind 5090 Rewind 100 Rewind 150 Rewind 200 Rewind 400 Forward 2596 Forward 33 Forward 5090 Forward 100 Forward 15096 Forward 20096 Forward 40096 Stop Change Aspect Ration Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 J
10. User s Manual Version 4 1 December 2011 Manager Xedio From Suite Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 COPYRIGHT EVS Broadcast Equipment Copyright 2010 2011 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 tv REGIONAL CONTACTS 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 on the EVS website on the following page http www evs tv 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 tv downloadcenter Issue 4 1 D Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Xedio Su
11. 90 Xedio S uite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 LisT OF PARAMETERS FOR XEDIO BROWSE The Xedio Browse profile gives access to the following lists of parameters General Text Mask Field to enter the default base name for a new virtual media Player Jog Range HI Field to enter the jog range in hi res Jog Range LO Field to enter the jog range in lo res PrevNextX Field to enter the number of fields to jump when Alt key is used with Prev and Next buttons Shift Speed Max Field to enter the speed rate for super fast forward and rewind tools when used together with the Shift key Speed Max Field to enter the speed rate for fast forward and fast rewind tools LisT OF PARAMETERS FOR XEDIO BROWSE VC The Xedio Browse VC profile gives access to the following lists of parameters General Text Mask Field to enter the default base name for a new virtual media Player Jog Range HI Field to enter the jog range in hi res Jog Range LO Field to enter the jog range in lo res PrevNextX Field to enter the number of fields to jump when Alt key is used with Prev and Next buttons Shift Speed Max Field to enter the speed rate for super fast forward and rewind tools when used together with the Shift key Speed Max Field to enter the speed rate for fast forward and fast rewind tools Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment Decembe
12. Delete and Shift AV extract Goto IN Goto OUT In Out Delete Mark IN b Mark IN a Mark OUT b Mark OUT a MarkSelection Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Calls audio transition effects dialog box Shifts all timeline clips that are situated after the nowline to left removing common holes in regard to the selected tracks Moves selected clips one frame to the left Moves selected clips x frame s to the left x is defined in the software profile Moves selected clips one frame to the right Moves selected clips x frame s to the right x is defined in the software profile Copies selected clips to the clipboard Removes selected clips Removes selected clips from the timeline and do not shift the following clips to the left This behaves like the Delete amp Clear button Removes selected clips from the timeline The result will depend on whether the Delete amp Clear button or the Delete amp Shift button is activated in the timeline Removes selected clips from the timeline and shift the following clips to the left This behaves like the Delete amp Shift button Sets the nowline to the timeline IN point Sets the nowline to the timeline OUT point Removes the timeline content between the IN and OUT points in regard to the selected tracks Places IN point to the current nowline position Places IN point to the current nowline position
13. Xedio AutoFile Importer or Xedio Browse applications When you click the Class Manager button the Media Class Manager window is displayed in the Work area allowing you to create new media classes and sub classes 1200 Music Rock 37 Issue 4 1 D 6 3 2 6 4 38 Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 PossiBLE ACTIONS WITH CONTEXTUAL MENUS A contextual menu is available when no class is selected and you right click in the Media Class Manager window Menu Item Description New Root Creates a new class of media A contextual menu is available when you select a Class in the list and then right click Menu Item Description New Root Creates a new class of media New Child Creates a new sub class of media Rename Allows to rename the selected class or sub class Modify Opens the Modify Class window allowing to update the label or description of the selected class or sub class Delete Deletes the selected class or sub class Hidden State Hides Unhides the selected class or sub class so users cannot can use it MEDIA IMPORTER The Media Importer is the tool used to import into the Xedio database media that have already been recorded and are in a file format that can be used by Xedio P2 XDCAM and XDCAM EX music graphics or existing mpeg and dv files are some examples The Xedio Importer is available as e aseparate application
14. displays the available effects stored in the system PossiBLE ACTIONS WITH CONTEXTUAL MENUS A contextual menu is available when no RTD is selected and you right click in the RTD Manager window Menu Item Description Import Imports a transition effect A contextual menu is available when you select a RTD in the list and then right click Menu Item Description Import Imports a transition effect Preview Allows to preview the selected transition effect Edit Opens the Update RTD Label window allowing to update the label or description of the selected effect Delete Deletes the selected effect from the database It can only be removed if it is not already used in an edit otherwise an error message will occur Video Standard Allows to select a video standard among PAL SD NTSC drop SD HD 1080i 9050 HD 720p 050 HD 1080i 959 94 HD 720p 9959 94 HD 1080p 950 HD 1080 Q 59 94 Used by Opens a window to show in which projects the selected media is used in Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 6 6 6 6 1 MEDIA MANAGER INTRODUCTION The Media Manager tool is designed to give an overview of the database content to edit some media properties and to delete media files from the database and from the storage server s Different search tools can be applied to the database content to help users to find specific media g Note On
15. e asa module built in CleanEdit and available in the Media Importer tab e as a module built in Xedio Manager and available in the Media category Media Importer tool When you click the Media Importer button the Media Importer window is displayed in the Work area It presents different sub tabs to set the parameters for different types of media to be imported into the system such as e XDCAM XDCAMEX P2 and CANON tabs To import media files recorded on Sony XDCAM and XDCAMEX Panasonic P2 and CANON cameras e Video Audio Stills tab To import media files images or audio files Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 e RTD tab To import video containing transitions e EVS Server tab To import media files available on an EVS server on the same network as the Xedio suite In this case Xedio does not import the file content into the Xedio storage system but creates a reference to the server files in the Xedio database Refer to the Xedio Importer user manual for a comprehensive description of the tabs and fields HIGH BITRATE 39 Issue 4 1 D 6 5 6 5 1 6 5 2 40 Xedio S uite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 RTD MANAGER INTRODUCTION When you click the RTD Manager button the RTD Manager window is displayed in the Work area allowing you to import or manage the transition sequences The list
16. g Note When timeout delay is reached Xedio Ingest Server aborts the recording process Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 The protocol used between Xedio Ingest Server and the switching device uses the following commands Commands sent from CleanGest Server Description to the switching device ConnectPorts InPort x OutPort y gt Used before starting a record lt ReleasePorts InPort x OutPort y gt Used at the end of a record The answers received from the device must be as follows Received from the software device Description ConnectOK Possible answers following a ConnectFailed ConnectPorts command ReleaseOK Possible answers following a Rel Ports command lt ReleaseFailed gt eleasePorts command lt C mdErr gt Error status 21 Issue 4 1 D 9 4 28 Xedio S uite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 ARCHIVE SERVER MANAGER When an Archive Server is attached to a Xedio installation it must be referenced in the database When you click the Archives Servers Manager button the Archive Servers window is displayed in the Work area Archive workstation To set archive server parameters complete the following fields and then click on the Save button Field Description ID Number automatically allocated by the system when you save t
17. 2003 16 24 08 Playlist 25 11 2009 11 16 36 25 11 2009 11 16 36 25 11 2009 11 16 36 10 Playlist 001 26 11 2009 16 40 33 20 01 2010 12 02 29 26 11 2009 15 40 33 11 Playlist pge 002 26 11 2009 16 40 58 11 12 2009 11 00 26 26 11 2009 16 40 58 12 7 11 2009 08 42 25 27 11 2009 14 48 14 27 11 2009 08 42 25 Playlists Menu Item Description Deleted State Allows to change the delete status Delete Playlist s Allows the selected playlist s to be deleted Show Used Files Shows the list of files used in the playlist Properties Displays the Playlist Properties window and allows to change the playlist properties Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 10 3 3 10 3 4 10 4 Item Label SEARCHING THE DATABASE The Xedio Suite offers several ways to filter the database They are described in section 6 6 3 Searching the Database on page 45 Filters you have defined can be saved to be applied later on in one click Saved Filters options are described in that section as well DELETE amp PURGE The Delete Edit s amp Purge and Delete Clip s amp Purge functions allow the user to remove unused edits and clips from the media server while deleting them from the database There are several options available when using this function 1 Delete Edit Clip database references removes entries from the database only 2 Delete Edit Clip
18. Edit s Allows the edit to be exported e into a folder or e into another CleanEdit database You will then have to mention the Database Source Name 117 Issue 4 1 D 118 Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Edit Menu Item Description Import Edit s Allows to import an edit in the Import window right click the Folder s field and select Add Folder s Play Opens a player window in which the selected edit can be viewed in low or high bitrate Show Used File s Shows the list of files used by the edit Convert Ratio Allows to change the video ratio Properties Displays the Edit Properties window and allows to change the edit properties If a default metadata profile has been defined for edits a metadata tab is displayed and allows to modify the edit metadata values Duplicate Edit Creates an edit with the same properties The term duplicated is added next to the new edit Generate PLST File Generates a text file which represents the edit and which can be dropped on the playout Used Opens a window to show in which projects and playlists the selected edit is used in Playlists Manager 3 retrieved Creation Date odification Date Master IP On Air Date Loop Deleted Opened MOS RO Id 4 Playlist 36 10 2009 15 35 53 6 10 2009 15 37 29 36 10 2009 15 35 53 B Playlist 30 10 2009 16 24 08 30 10 2009 16 24 51 30 10
19. Long Clip Name When selected the long clip name is used as media label Vumeter Bottom level of Field to define the db value of vu meter bottom level It is Vumeter the audio level difference in dB compared the 0 level audio level of the source media and corresponding to the bottom of the green zone in the audio meters Saturation level of Field to define the db value of vu meter saturation level Vumeter It is the audio level difference in dB compared to the 0 level audio level of the source media and corresponding to the bottom of the red zone in the audio meters Top level of Vumeter Field to define the db value of vu meter top level It is the audio level in dB of the source media and corresponds to the top of the red zone in the audio meters Warning level of Field to define the db value of vu meter warning level Vumeter This value corresponds to the beginning of the orange area in the vu meter 9 Note The default values for audio vumeter levels differ in Xedio and in Final Cut Pro It is therefore normal to see the same media reaching the red zone in Xedio while it is still in the orange zone in FCP If you want to have the same audio meter display in both applications you can match the audio meter default values in Xedio Manager to the FCP values 9 2 4 LisT OF PARAMETERS FOR XEDIO MANAGER The Xedio Manager profile gives access to the following lists of parameters tabs General Convert IP to Mach
20. Manager Monitoring Item Program Class Manager Description Allows to define classes to categorize the edits Projects Manager Allows to manage the list of projects Clips Manager Allows to manage the list of clips Edits Manager Allows to manage the list of edits Playlists Manager Broadcasted Items Manager Allows to manage the list of playlists Allows to manage the list of items already broadcasted Tag Manager Allows to define templates and pages for external CG integration Script Manager Allows to activate scripts performing some pre defined actions Monitoring Gives an overview of the database content and the disks capacity 113 Issue 4 1 D 10 2 10 2 1 Xedio S uite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 PROGRAM CLASS MANAGER INTRODUCTION This tool is used to define and manage the classes structure of the database It allows the classification of the edits and tells the system that the edit has been made for a particular production When you click the Program Class Manager button the Program Class Manager window is displayed in the Work area News Report At 12 Highlights Short 10 2 2 POSSIBLE ACTIONS WITH CONTEXTUAL MENUS 114 A contextual menu is available when no class is selected and you right click in the Program Class Manager window Menu Item Descrip
21. Media Cleaner chive Organizer Cutter Object Explorer Dispatcher Support Parameter profile Admin M default profile Admin M default profile Admin Admin Admin Admin Admin Admin Admin Admin Admin Admin Admin Admin Admin 123 Issue 4 1 D Xedio S uite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 11 2 2 CREATING A USER 11 2 3 124 To create user complete the following fields and then click on the Apply button The user name is added to the list on the left side of the window Field Check Locked Description Enables to check active users i e users associated to existing media projects edits clips or playlists Account Enabled Allows to enable or disable the selected account First Name First Name of the new user Last Name Last Name of the new user Login Login or user ID of the new user Password Password attributed to the new user account User Origin See section 11 3 Origin Manager on page 125 Description Optional text to describe the user User Level Level of user rights defined for each application of the Xedio Suite Only three levels exist No Access User and Admin The Admin level gives access to the Xedio Manager Parameter Profile The parameters profiles can be set for each application in the Software Parameters Profiles category of Xedio Manager When no param
22. R oll Clip Forward 2590 Forward 33 Forward 5090 Forward 100 Forward 15096 Forward 20096 Forward 40096 Rewind 25 Rewind 33 Rewind 5096 Rewind 100 Rewind 150 Rewind 200 Rewind 400 Stop Change Aspect Ratio Timeline AddTag Call Audio Clip FX dialog Issue 4 1 D Adds one frame to the left part of the right clip of a transition from its source file Loads the current file and picture in the player window from its original media Loads in the Player the EVS Server record train that contains the image displayed in the Recorder Adds one frame to the right part of the left clip of a transition from its source file Adds one frame at the beginning and remove one frame at the end of a selected clip Goes forward at 25 speed Goes forward at 3396 speed Goes forward at 5096 speed Goes forward at 100 speed Goes forward at 150 speed Goes forward at 200 speed Goes forward at 400 speed Rewinds at 25 speed Rewinds at 33 speed Rewinds at 5090 speed Rewinds at 100 speed Rewinds at 150 speed Rewinds at 200 speed Rewinds at 40096 speed Stops the recorder Changes the aspect ratio Adds a tag to the timeline Calls audio clip effects dialog box 103 Issue 4 1 D 104 Timeline Call Audio Transition FX dialog Blank Clear Move Clips 1 frame left Move Clips X frame left Move Clips 1 frame right Move Clips X frame right Copy Cut Delete AV lift Delete Clip s
23. They are described below a Select a condition or a logical operator in the first field 22 11 nis month ast month b This will condition the next step Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Filter Parameter Displayed Criteria Fields Type e Search based on a specific date e g with a calendar will be displayed for the selection of a date 22 hug 11 August 2011 e Search based on an interval e g with between two calendars are displayed for the selection of two dates 20 4ug 11 e Search based on a specific date calculated from the current date e g with tomorrow last month no other field appears tomorrow Time Several Date Search filters exist They are described below Such as Last Rendered Date Time a Select a condition or a logical operator in the first field 22 4ug 11 16 20 12 next month this month last month b This will condition the next step e 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 e Search based on a specific date and time calculated from the current date and time e g with next hour last 51 Issue 4 1 D 52 Filter Parameter Type Xedio S uite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipmen
24. User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Field Description Remove button Each user field from the selected profiles could be displayed in additional column in Tools Edits Manager from the Xedio Manager and in the Edit Manager tab from the Xedio CleanEdit Default Profile Allows the selection of a profile from the list of Selected Profiles to be used as default profile when a user will associate metadata to an edit The Save button must be pressed to save changes 62 Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 8 1 8 Playouts INTRODUCTION The servers which will be used for payout must be defined and their parameters must be set in Xedio Manager They will then be available in the Playout Organizer application Two items are available in the Playouts category They are detailed in the table below Playouts Servers Manager Group Manager Item Description Servers Manager Defines hardware setup and parameters for each playout Server Group Manager Allows to create groups of playout servers that make playout channels visible only from specific Playout Organizer workstations 63 Issue 4 1 D 8 2 0 2 1 8 2 2 64 Xedio S uite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 SERVERS MANAGER INTRODUCTION When you click the Servers Manager button
25. and select Delete from the contextual menu Delete Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 6 1 6 Media INTRODUCTION From the Media category you can define the media storage tree structure and media classes you can import and manage media files Five items are available in the Medias category They are detailed in the table below Class Manager Media Importer RTD Manager le a Manager Item Description Servers Allows to define the media storage server s and to create its sub folders multiple storage servers may be defined Class Manager Allows to define a Class List to categorize the stored media Media Importer Allows to import media files into the storage server and to create a reference to the files within the database RTD Manager Manages the animated transition graphics RTD s referenced in the database Manager Manages the media files within the database and the Storage server 33 Issue 4 1 D Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 6 2 MEDIA SERVERS 6 2 1 INTRODUCTION A Media Server is the location where all the media used within a Xedio installation will be stored When you click the Media gt Servers button the Media Servers window is displayed in the Work area allowing you to define a media server 6 2 2 ADDING A MEDIA SERVER To add a
26. contains 123 card Searches for a string exactly equals to card For example if a field contains yellow card the card condition will not return any result yellow card Searches for a string exactly equals to yellow The use of quotes is required due to the space between yellow and card ADVANCED FILTERS Filters are available for more detailed search operations from the Filter 0 tab The parameters available for filtering operations are the column headings and any metadata associated by the user From the Today tab the filter creation date today is automatically applied 4 Issue 4 1 D 48 Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Filter Activation Show Hide Filter Button To display or hide the Filter extended area click the Show Hide Filter button over the grid Filter Button Display Meaning The Show Hide Filter button is dimmed when all filter dimmed criteria are hidden Consequently the filters are inactive EN The Show Hide Filter button is red when the filter red extended area is visible even if no filtering criterion is applied Filter Extended Area The Filter extended area is as follows ALL Criteria are met 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
27. describe the user field Field Values combo Right click in the field and select New to define a value option for the drop down list MODIFYING A USER FIELD To modify the properties of a user field select it in the list click the Modify Field button enter new values in the relevant fields and click the OK button If the user field is used in a profile only the Label and the Description fields can be edited DELETING A USER FIELD To delete a user field select it in the list and click the Delete Field button It can only be deleted if it is not used in a profile Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 7 2 2 MANAGING METADATA PROFILES CREATING A METADATA PROFILE To create a metadata profile complete the following fields in the Metadata Profile Information area and then click on the Save Profile button It will then be displayed in the Metadata Profiles area Field Description ID Automatically filled by the system Label Name you give to the profile Description Optional text to describe the metadata profile Field s List of user fields you want to use in the profile select a user field in the Available Metadata Fields area and drag it to the Metadata Profile Information area MODIFYING A METADATA PROFILE To modify a metadata profile select it in the Metadata Profiles area enter new values in the relevant fields and click the S
28. items are published to the MOS Allow to MOS publish exported edits option selected Possible values Program classes defined under Tools gt Program Class Manager When selected sets the Program Class even if the Read only Edit ID option has been selected Cefiltermgr Allow Change Edit Properties When selected allows the user to change the edit properties in Edit Manager Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 9 2 13 Cefiltermgr Allow Change Media Properties Max Date Interval Max Result Set Size Recent Date List Issue 4 1 D When selected allows the user to change the media properties in Media Manager Field to define the maximum date interval in days which can be used when a search filter is applied on a date parameter 0 lt no limit Field to define the maximum number of items which will be displayed in the result list after a search filter has been applied 0 no limit Free text field to define the dates to be displayed in recent dates drop down lists LIST OF PARAMETERS FOR XEDIO CUTTER The Xedio Cutter profile gives access to the following lists of parameters General Allow to MOS publish exported edits Automatic Edit ID Generation Read Only Edit ID Program Class to set when checking MOS published Is Program Class set when checking MOS published read only When selected sends the stor
29. list enter new values in the relevant fields and click the Update button POSSIBLE ACTIONS WITH CONTEXTUAL MENUS DELETING A LOGICAL ENCODER A contextual menu is available when you select a logical encoder name in the list and then right click ESESM Delete Logical Encoder Menu Item Delete Logical Encoder Description Deletes the logical encoder configuration and removes it from the list Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 EXPORTING AND IMPORTING ENCODER PROPERTIES A contextual menu is available when no encoder is selected and you right click in the encoder list area Menu Item Description Export Encoders Exports the list and configuration of encoders in a readable file enc format In the Save As window select the folder to export the file to Import Encoders Imports the list and configuration of encoders in a readable file In the Open window select the file that contains the encoders list to import Issue 4 1 D 3 4 3 4 1 3 4 2 16 Xedio S uite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 GROUP MANAGER INTRODUCTION When you click the Group Manager button the Logical Encoder Group Manager window is displayed in the Work area allowing you to group together multiple logical encoders A group of encoders will then be visible only to a predefined Xedio Ingest Organizer wo
30. media server proceed as follows 1 Right click in the Media Server window and select New Media Server in the contextual menu A wizard opens Backup IP Doman Hane SAN ShareHane 2 Complete the fields described in the following table Field Description Login Name Login name defined for the media server in its configuration parameters Login Password Login password defined for the media server in its configuration parameters Main IP IP address of the server used for media storage 34 Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 6 2 3 8 Domain Name Field automatically filled when an IP address is entered Backup IP IP address of the backup storage server when a redundant network is used Click Next The next page displays the drives capacity of the new media server Click Next Select the drive s for the storage and enter a base path for the sub folders that will be created by the system Click Next Type a name for the server in the Label field Click Finish The tree structure of the media server is displayed HIRES LOWRES VOICEOVER STILL AUDIO PLST MEDIATHUMB CLIPTHUMB TAGS RTD PROFILES CACHE CUEPOINTTHUMB SETTINGS CG CONTEXTUAL MENUS A contextual menu is available when you select a media server in the list and then right click Menu Item Description New Media Server Adds a media serve
31. profiles could be displayed in additional column in Media gt Manager from the Xedio Manager and in the Media Manager tab from the Xedio CleanE dit 60 Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 7 4 Field Description Default Profile Allows the selection of a profile from the list of Selected Profiles to be used as default profile when a user will associate metadata to a media The Save button must be pressed to save changes EDIT PROFILE ASSOCIATION When you click the Edit Profile Association button the Edit Metadata Profile Table Association window is displayed in the Work area allowing you to select the profiles you want to make available to the users Edit Metadatas Profile Table Association Description Available Selected Cup Metadata Profile Profile 1 test Default Profile test The following fields are displayed in the window Field Description Description Automatically filled by the system for the selected profile with the description text entered at profile creation Available Displays the list of existing profiles available for selection Selected Displays the list of profiles which have been selected in the Available list and added thanks to the Add button Profiles can be removed from the Selected list and be made available in the Available list again by using the 61 Issue 4 1 D Xedio S uite Version 4 1
32. secondary shortcut Places OUT point to current nowline position Places OUT point to current nowline position secondary shortcut Sets the timeline IN point to the beginning of the first clip and the OUT point to the end of the last selected clip Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Timeline Next Ganged Camera Paste Previous Ganged Camera Remove IN Remove In Out Remove OUT S elect All Clips S elect All Clips After Nowline Select All Clips Before Nowline S plit Toggle All Audio Toggle Audiol a Toggle Audio2 a Toggle Audio3 a Toggle Audio4 Toggle Audio5 a Toggle Blank Fill On Off Toggle Insert Overwrite mode Toggle Video a Call Video Clip FX dialog Call Video Transition FX dialog Issue 4 1 D Replaces the selected clip by the corresponding clip from the next ganged camera Pastes clipboard content to the timeline after nowline position Replaces the selected clip by the corresponding clip from the previous ganged camera Clears timeline IN point Clears timeline IN and OUT points Clears timeline OUT point Selects all timeline clips in regard to the selected tracks and to the timeline IN and OUT points Selects all clips below and after the current nowline position in regard to the selected tracks Selects all clips below and before the current nowline position in regard to the selected tracks Cuts the clip
33. the HIRES folder as default for the hi res files Delete Media Removes the media folder from the Media Servers Directory window Collect Media Displays the list of media present in the selected folder Media File Cleaner Opens the Media File Cleaner window Refer to section 12 Media File Cleaner on page 127 for more information Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 6 2 4 6 3 6 3 1 SETTING THE CDM ENCODER MAPPED DRIVE The physical encoder is usually configured to store the encoded files on a specific mapped drive usually called or This mapped drive letter also has to be stored in the database in the CDM Mapping column To set or change the encoder mapped drive proceed as follows 1 In the Medias Servers window click twice not a double click click then wait and click again the mapped drive letter related to the requested server in the CDM mapping column 2 Select the requested CDM mapped drive from the drop down list The encoder mapped drive has been set or changed CLASS MANAGER INTRODUCTION The Class Manager tool is used to define and manage the ClassList Classes categorize the media and the virtual media They are mainly used in the database lists from the Xedio Suite to perform search on media Media are assigned to classes through the Xedio applications such as Xedio Ingest Organizer Xedio Importer
34. the Playout Servers Manager window is displayed in the Work area allowing you to define each physical machine to be used for playout Ba CEWKS3UI7 EA STORE 70110 CREATING AND CONFIGURING A PLAYOUT SERVER To create and configure a playout server complete the following fields and then click on the Create button The playout server name is added to the list on the left side of the window and PCX then Channel 1 appear underneath which corresponds to the playout channel Field Description Label Name you give to the playout server as it will appear in the list Playout Group List of predefined playout groups The GLOBAL option makes the playout server available from all Playout Organizer workstations IP Address IP address of the playout server Port default 4021 Port used for the playout Description Optional text to describe the playout server Card1 2 3 Type of card used Several cards could be used but it is not advisable Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 8 2 3 8 2 4 8 3 8 3 1 MODIFYING THE PLAYOUT SERVER PROPERTIES To modify the properties of a playout server select it in the list enter new values in the relevant fields and click the Update button POSSIBLE ACTIONS WITH CONTEXTUAL MENUS A contextual menu is available when you select a playout server in the list and then right click Menu Ite
35. tracks secondary shortcut Jumps to previous transition in regard to the selected tracks Jumps to previous transition in regard to the selected tracks secondary shortcut Jumps to the beginning of the edit Jumps to next frame Jumps to next frame secondary shortcut Jumps to next x frames x is defined in the software profile Jumps to next x frames x is defined in the software profile secondary shortcut Starts stops loaded edit in recorder window Plays forward at various speeds Plays from next transition in regard to the selected tracks with Preroll Previews previous transition in regard to the selected tracks with Preroll Plays reverse at various speeds Preloads the current edit in the recorder window as well as effect defined at this point Jumps to previous frame Jumps to previous frame secondary shortcut Jumps to previous x frames x is defined in the software profile Jumps to previous x frames x is defined in the software profile secondary shortcut Applies the changes made with the roller tools in the timeline Adds one frame to the right part of the left clip and removes one frame to the left part of the right clip of a transition Cancels the changes made with the roller tools Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Recorder R oll Left Match Frame Match XT Train R oll Right
36. window is displayed in the Work area EVS Video Server Manager mm 20 1 E cam RE Cami RE cam RP can Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 4 3 2 EVS SERVER PARAMETERS To set EVS video server parameters complete the following fields and then click on the Save button Field Button Description Server Name Name of the server to be accessed by Xedio as you want it to be displayed in the interface Description Optional text to describe the EVS Server FTP Interfaces HCTX Connections IP Address 1 FTP IP address 1 of the EVS server you want to connect to mandatory IP Address 2 FTP IP address 2 of the EVS server you want to connect to optional FTP Login Login ID defined on the EVS server e g evs FTP Password Password defined on the EVS server e g evs Control amp Management Interface PC LAN Connection IP Address PC LAN IP address of the EVS server you want to connect to mandatory Connect Checks the connection with the selected EVS server Discover Opens a window which lists the EVS video servers from the network and their corresponding PC LAN IP address Setup Opens a dialog box which allows to set the AVSP guardbands length of clips created with LinX e g 5 sec 0 frame trol Mamt Interface AVSP Guard Band Seconds pl Frames warning maximum guard band size is 5 minutes
37. 0 Script Manager When you click the Script Manager button the Script Manager window is displayed in the Work area Applied scripts Edit RTB ToXT The table below gives a description of the scripts you could find in the list Script CEDB ArchiveOlderMedia Description Archives once a day all media older than x hours CEDB PurgePartialMedia CEDB ob Purges partial media that have been created for more than 24 hours and that are not scheduled in the next 24 hours Allows the execution of a script for export and rendering of each edit broadcasted since more than 24 hours CEDB RestoreToBePlayed Inserts a restore task in EvsTaskEngine do list for each edit to be played in the next Z hours Edit Upd RTB ExportEdit Exports an edit to a playlist file and reference itin an xml file Edit Upd RTB ToDB Edit Upd RTB ToXT Renders and publishes to DB when an edit s R2B DateTime is updated Renders and publishes to EVS video server when an edit s R2B DateTime is updated Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 To enable a script select it in the Available scripts list and press the button to move it in the Applied scripts list 10 6 MONITORING When you click the Monitoring button the Monitoring window is displayed in the Work area It gives an overview of the database conten
38. 1 D 110 Player Rewind 5096 Rewind 100 Rewind 150 Rewind 200 Rewind 40096 Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Rewinds at 50 speed Rewinds at 10096 speed Rewinds at 15096 speed Rewinds at 20096 speed Rewinds at 400 speed Stop Stops the player Storyboard Delete Deletes the selected line s Move Down Moves the selected line s down Move End Moves the selected line s to the end of the list Move Top Moves the selected line s to the top of the list Move Up Moves the selected line s up Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 9 4 9 4 1 9 4 2 KEYBOARD MACHINES INTRODUCTION The profiles that are created for keyboard assignments can be assigned to workstations through their IP address by the Keyboard Machines tool When you click the Keyboard Machines button the Softwares Keyboard Machines window is displayed in the Work area It is divided into three areas 1 Application Selection area 2 Profile Selection Area 3 List of machines PossiBLE ACTIONS WITH CONTEXTUAL MENU A contextual menu is available when an application is selected in the Application Selection area and a keyboard profile is selected in the Profile Selection Area and then you right click in the Parameters area Menu Item Description Add Allows to assign a keyboard profile to a workstation You will
39. 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Player Mark OUT a Mark OUT b Next Frame a Next Frame b Next Cue Point Next x Frames a Next x Frames b Play Stop Play Clip Play Clip Loop Play Forward Play Reverse Play NearLive Previous Frame a Previous Frame b Previous Cue Point Previous x Frames a Previous x Frames b Forward 2596 Forward 3396 Forward 5096 Forward 100 Forward 150 Forward 200 Forward 400 Rewind 2596 Rewind 3396 Issue 4 1 D Sets clip OUT point Sets clip OUT point secondary shortcut Jumps to next frame Jumps to next frame secondary shortcut Goes to next cue point Jumps to next x preset frames Jumps to next x preset frames secondary shortcut Plays Stops loaded media in Player window from current position Plays the clip from IN to OUT once Plays the clip from IN to OUT in loop mode Plays forward at various speeds Plays reverse at various speeds Plays near live a recording media Jumps to previous frame Jumps to previous frame secondary shortcut Goes to previous cue point Jumps to previous x preset frames Jumps to previous x preset frames secondary shortcut Goes forward at 25 speed Goes forward at 33 speed Goes forward at 50 speed Goes forward at 10096 speed Goes forward at 150 speed Goes forward at 200 speed Goes forward at 400 speed Rewinds at 2590 speed Rewinds at 3390 speed 109 Issue 4
40. 4 HD 10801 50 11 8 Project_001 16 10 2009 11 13 39 6 10 2009 11 40 46 PAL SD 12 Project Menu Item Description Hidden State Allows to change the hide status Deleted State Allows to change the delete status Delete Projects Allows the deletion of the selected projects This will automatically delete the edits and clips contained in the project Properties Displays the Project Properties window and allows to change the project properties Used by Opens a window to show where the project is used Clips Manager LSM ClipName Creation Date Clip TC IN Clip TC OUT Thumbnail In Thumbnail Out LSM Quality LSM Camera LSM CamPref EZ 6120 2 11 2009 16 59 13 23 26 44 00 23 26 4813 6130 2 11 2009 16 59 13 23581517 23 582212 D 6140 2 11 2009 16 59 13 08 54 10 05 08 54 15 16 6150 2 11 2009 16 59 14 08 55 55 10 08 55 59 01 Clip Menu Item Description Properties Displays the Clip Properties window and allows to change the clip properties Clip Menu Item Delete Clip s amp Purge Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Issue 4 1 D Description See section 10 3 4 Delete amp Purge on page 119 Force Delete Deletes a clip with all the references of its use in the database If itis used in an edit this will cause holes in the edit This option must be used very cautiously Create Missing Thumbnails Crea
41. Clip Possible values list of codecs available with the current release package When selected enables the Audio Effect tab in the Fx dialog box When selected enables the Audio Level Adjustment tab in the FX dialog box When selected enables the Color Clip Tool tab in the FX dialog box When selected enables the video Fade tab in the FX dialog box Note this is not supported Field to enter the minimum duration value when adjusting clip duration using the rollers Field to enter the default duration for inserted graphics Field to enter the sensitivity value of the magnetic effect during drag and drop operations on timeline clips Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Timeline Max Display DB Max Fast Motion Speed Reset To Default Show Audio Matrix Buttons Show Default Audio Channel Buttons Show TC In Out Tag_External Graphics Tag_Logo Insertion Tag _ Viz Tag Default Duration Tag Label List Tag Properties Use Tag Labels Use Tag Templates Video Auto FX Video Color Dur Video Color Ins Video Effects Issue 4 1 D Field to enter the maximum displayed value for audio level Field to enter the maximum allowed value in the Fast Motion speed dialog box in percent if the CanAccelerate parameter is set to l When selected resets the toolbar when creating a new edit When selected displays the Audio Matrix but
42. ED RUM reat NUR E RUM UU T ANNUM LENS 64 8 2 2 Creating and Configuring a P layout Server 64 8 2 3 Modifying the P layout Server P TODETtiGS ton nantes 65 8 2 4 Possible Actions with Contextual MeriliS eerta reat 65 83 GROUP MANAGE R sem donde Eo ONT eaten elim 65 D 65 8 3 2 Creating Group of Playout Servers deni 66 8 3 3 Deleting a Group of P layout o done dec dede cao e 66 9 SOFTWARE S xoi xcci ei EOS NE d DO OR DCHRR ROC EK ER ED NH E RO E 67 91 SANTRODUCTIDN tid destrui DEA aree c D c e Sad n uso t ot 67 92 PARAMETER PROFILES ctae diete ete Mes ef eot 68 Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Ae 68 9 2 2 Possible Actions with Contextual Menos eorr oet eae bed ran ap es 69 O23 Listof lt GENERAL gt P winters atta ain arth e o OR easi 70 9 2 4 5 aide decr eek ede 15 9257 List or Parameters for Xedio C lBaP E Oboe reda on rr er ttn a esa ier Goa 71 9 2 6 Listof Parameters for Xedio 88 9 27 Listof Parameters for Xedio Playout 7
43. EOGERVER GROUP nii Adeo he a e p e Deb cn 23 9 MACHINES cor Feu ado a E d RP v Kn E o NER c v ER 24 51 INTRODUCTION so thal tase td emo itudin 24 Issue 4 1 D Xedio S uite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 WE Pa MRNA GER trate afro duse 25 5 9 SWITCHER MANAGER ciui te name contin a dst ten I tad 26 9 45 ARCHIVE SERVER MANAGER oz eti pente 28 2 9 ue Caco inta roe tio erro icai Di ciu 29 5 6 EM uo t atn VC 30 5 7 MODIFYING OR DELETING AN EXTERNAL ers 32 6o oinnes did Roni ti are d e DART EP ERECTA UE a E rr ES 33 6 1 o INTRODUCTION a daos du SR 33 6 2 MEDIA SERVERS qiio dcin dal o aun vide M candele 34 d 34 6 22 Adding a aite vedi otis dd ce aud 34 6 2 3 Manus as addat 35 6 2 4 Setting the CDM Encoder Mapped Drive 37 CLASS MANAGER ane ba deron oT EM ULL 37 623 1 37 6 3 2 Possible Actions with Contextu
44. Filter 0 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 to confirm 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 54 Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 6 6 4 DELETE amp PURGE The Delete Media s amp Purge function allows the user to remove unused media from the media server while deleting the media from the database There are four options available when using this function 1 Delete database references removes entries from the database only 2 Delete database references AND media files from online e g XT 2 or nearline e g SAN XStore storage removes entries from the database and from the media server 3 Delete database references AND media files from offline deep archive e g Tape library ftp archive removes entries from the database and from the archive storage 4 Delete database references AND media files from online nearline storage AND media files from offline deep archive removes entries from the database from the media server and from the archive storage The media will be removed only if they are not used in other edits or in other playlists either the media itself or through attached virtua
45. Password for this user IPDirector Notification Server IP Address IP address of the machine where the IPD API is installed TCP Port IPD API TCP port Login Login for the IPD Notification Server Password Password for the IPD Notification Server Create When selected the create operations in IPDirector are notified Update When selected the update operations in IPDirector are notified Delete When selected the deletee operations in IPDirector are IPDirector Database IP Address notified IP address of the machine where the IPD database is installed Database Name Name of the server where the IPD database is located Login IPD database username Password IPD database password Each time the configuration is modifying click the Full Resync button to force a full resynchronization from IPDirector to Xedio A confirmation dialog box then opens where users enter the dates interval to be taken into account for the resynchronization 3l Issue 4 1 D 9 7 Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 MODIFYING OR DELETING AN EXTERNAL DEVICE To modify the properties of one of the previous external devices except a switcher select it in the list enter new values in the relevant fields and click the Update button To delete one of the previous external devices except a switcher select it in the list right click
46. Refer to section 12 Media File Cleaner on page 127 for more information VIEW MENU The View menu provides the following options Menu Item Description Outlook Bar Displays or hides the Outlook bar Logbook Bar Displays or hides the Logbook bar Full Screen Hides the Menu bar HELP MENU The Help menu provides the About option which gives information about the system such as version number The screenshot below gives an idea of the window overview but it is not a reference for the required version numbers Xedio Manager Copyright EVS Broadcast Equipment Additional information Application Execute Folder Plugins Broadcasted Manager Xedio Database DLL Xedio Database script Timecode Extractor Database Server Name Database Name DSN Name DBMS Libraries CleanE dit Common Database server current time Issue 4 1 D Xedio S uite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 The window gives the following information Information Item Application Execute Folder Plugins Meaning Version number of Xedio Manager Folder Path where Xedio Manager 15 installed List of the installed plug in When the user selects a plug in name from the list the corresponding version is displayed next to the field Xedio Database DLL Version number of the DLL allowing the access to the Xedio database Xedio Database Script Version
47. User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Option list to select the VO block text color Color for VO block with attenuation Color for VO block without attenuation When selected enables the voice over auto dim mode automatic attenuation of all the audio channels from the same output than the voice over for the voice over duration Field to enter the value DB for automatic audio level attenuation of audio channels for the voice over duration Field to enter the fade length in fields to reach the audio level set with AttenuationDB Option list to select the Attenuation Fade position Possible values are None before cut centered after cut Field to enter the Preroll time in fields used to play voice over Field to enter the voice over default base name LIST OF PARAMETERS FOR XEDIO INGEST The Xedio Ingest profile gives access to the following lists of parameters tabs General Default Media Class Crash published Option list to select the Media class to be used by default during ingest Possible values Media classes defined under Media Class Manager Option list to define whether a crash record will automatically be published Possible values Not Published Published Previous State Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 9 2 7 Scheduler Scheduler published Issue 4 1 D Option list to def
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49. adata tab is displayed and allows to modify the media metadata values See section 6 6 4 Delete amp Purge on page 55 Force Delete Deletes a media with all the references of its use in the database If it is used in an edit this will cause holes in the edit This option must be used very cautiously Play Opens a new Player window to allow the low bitrate file or the high bitrate file to be browsed Media Analyzer Opens a Timecode Extractor window showing an analysis of the selected file MOS Publication Allows to send a notification to the news room system Merge This option is used to associate a lo res media to a hi res media Opens the Get Lowres File window allowing you to browse for the lo res file Generate Low Resolution Media File Generates missing lo res media file from the hi res media file Refer to section Generate Low Resolution Media Files on page 44 Retrim In case the TC IN or TC OUT of a media hi res and lo res files differ this option will automatically adjust both files to the same TC range Create Missing Thumbnails This option creates thumbnails in the Thumbnail IN and Thumbnail OUT columns of the Work area 43 Issue 4 1 D 44 Xedio S uite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Menu Item Description Used By Opens a window to show in which projects and edits the selected media is used in
50. ailable to the system Each of these is referenced within the Xedio database Xedio Manager is the application within the suite that manages the configuration of the installation and defines the parameters used by the system Xedio Manager is designed for system administrators to easily use and set the system up from the very beginning of the installation to the daily asset and content management Xedio Manager can be installed on all computers connected to the Xedio network The only requirement is an ODBC connection to the database otherwise there are no specific computer or network requirements necessary to enable use Issue 4 1 D 2 1 2 2 Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 2 User Interface OPENING XEDIO MANAGER To start the Xedio Manager application click on the Xedio Manager oP icon on the desktop OVERVIEW OF THE XEDIO MANAGER WINDOW The Xedio Manager graphical interface contains four main areas highglighted in the screenshot below Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 2 24 1 BAR TOOLS MENU The Tools menu gives access to the Media File Cleaner tool This tool shows the list of all the media files present on the Xedio media servers but not referenced in the database orphan files From the Media File Cleaner window it is possible to delete these orphan files
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52. arameter from the filter parameter list An entire line corresponding to the selected filter parameter is displayed ALL Criteria are met Camera Enter filter criteria as explained in section Search Fields Types on page 50 For free text fields press ENTER to apply the filter Otherwise the results list is automatically restricted If required click the BB button to add a filter parameter USING SAVED FILTERS Once you have defined a filter criterion you may want to save it for later use You will then be able to apply the same filter with a single click Right clicking in the Filter 0 tab displays a contextual menu with the following options 0 9114 Create New Filter Save Filter As Filter Properties Reset Filter Delete Filter 53 Issue 4 1 D Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Menu Option Description Create New Filter Allows to create a new filter tab 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 ResetFilter Removes all search criteria on the selected filter tab Delete Filter Removes the filter tab How to Save Filters To save filters proceed as follows 1 2 Define the filter or filters combination you wish to save as explained above Right click the
53. are met ALL Criteria met ANY Criteria is met Criteria is met The second field is a filter field allowing the users to select a first filter parameter Criteria Combination The available options are detailed in the table below Option Meaning ALL criteria are met the criteria selected in the Filter fields displayed under the Criteria Combination field must be met The media displayed in the results list fulfill all the selected filter criteria ANY criteria is met At least one of the criteria selected in the Filter fields must be met The media displayed in the results list fulfill at least one of the selected filter criteria NO criteria is met None of the criteria selected in the Filter fields displayed under the Criteria Combination field must be met The media displayed in the results list fulfill none of the selected filter criteria Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Filter Fields Under the Criteria Combination field the users will be able to select as many filler parameters as they want and to choose specific value s for these filter parameters The use of Filter fields is explained in the next section Filter Fields The Filter field provides the list of all the parameters on which a search can be performed The following screenshot is an example of such a list The options may differ between the applicati
54. ation in a log file Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 3 1 3 Encoders INTRODUCTION Encoders are physical devices which allow the digitization of incoming audio video feeds into multiple file formats Most of the models are configured to encode lo res or hi res feed They can be logically grouped to associate physical encoders handling the same feed either in hi res or in lo res So editing operations can be quickly performed on lo res media and then reflected to the corresponding hi res media for further news production and playout The XEDIO 1 0 encoder model is able to encode both lo res and hi res at the same time Five items are available in the Encoders category They are detailed in the table below Encoders Physical Manager Logical Manager Item Description Physical Manager Defines hardware setup and encoding parameters for each physical encoder Logical Manager Defines the logical encoders i e the combination of physical encoders to form a single logical encoder For example a hi res encoder and a lo res encoder receiving the same feed can be controlled as one single logical encoder Group Manager Allows to create groups of logical encoders that make logical channels visible from specific workstations Issue 4 1 D 3 2 3 2 1 Xedio S uite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment Decem
55. ave Profile button It can only be edited if it is not selected for use in the Media or Edit Profile Association DELETING A METADATA PROFILE To delete a metadata profile select it in the Metadata Profiles area and click the Delete Profile button in the Metadata Profile Information area It can only be deleted if it is not selected for use in the Media or Edit Profile Association 59 Issue 4 1 D Xedio S uite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 7 3 MEDIA PROFILE ASSOCIATION When you click the Media Profile Association button the Media Metadata Profile Table Association window is displayed in the Work area allowing you to select the profiles you want to make available to the users Media Metadatas Profile Table Association Description Available Selected Cup Metadata Profile Profile 1 test Default Profile test The following fields are displayed in the window Field Description Description Automatically filled by the system for the selected profile with the description text entered at profile creation Available Displays the list of existing profiles available for Selection Selected Displays the list of profiles which have been selected in the Available list and added thanks to the Add button Profiles can be removed from the Selected list and be made available in the Available list again by using the Remove button Each user field from the selected
56. base or it returns the result of a search applied to the list Items are displayed in columns ELEMENT GRID DISPLAYED COLUMNS It is possible to re arrange the columns order and to add or remove some columns Right clicking on any of the column headings displays a contextual menu The Choose Displayed Columns option opens the Select Visible Columns window allowing you to choose the columns you want to be displayed in the element grid The column width and order can be adjusted using standard computer commands and drag and drop techniques ELEMENT GRID CONTEXTUAL MENU A contextual menu is available when you right click on an item in the list The options may differ according to the tab selected 115 Issue 4 1 D 116 Xedio S uite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Projects Manager DB Id x Label Description Date odification Date VideoStandard 209 16 4 PAL SD 2 Miss Suisse_XDCA Project created by 24 09 2009 13 57 14 24 09 2009 13 57 14 HD 1080i 50 7 3 Concert_XDCAM Project created by 24 09 2009 13 59 16 24 09 2009 13 59 16 10801 50 7 4 Concert_XDCAM Project created by e4 09 2009 14 00 11 24 09 2009 14 00 11 HD 1080 9350 7 5 Athletisme_XDCAW Project created by 24 09 2009 14 03 38 24 09 2009 14 03 38 PAL SD 7 6 Athletisme_XDCAb Project created by 24 09 2009 14 05 18 24 09 2009 14 05 18 PAL SD 7 7 Athletisme 71 10 2009 14 18 04 31 10 2009 14 18 0
57. ber 2011 Item Description Scheduler Displays blocks corresponding to the scheduled ingest already planned for encoding Preview Displays the current video input when the encoder is recording media PHYSICAL MANAGER INTRODUCTION You must define and configure a physical encoder before you can use it When you click the Physical Manager button the Physical Encoders Manager window is displayed in the Work area allowing you to define or update encoding hardware connected to the network Encoder type IP address and the encoding parameters Contextual menus are available for additional operations CDMHIRES Channel 1 CDM MPEG1 EYS CDM MPEG1 Encoder Channel 1 EYS Broadcast Equipment Number Of Channels Type EVS Encoder 1 1 1 100 104 Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 3 2 2 CREATING PHYSICAL ENCODER To create and configure a physical encoder complete the following fields and then Click on the Create button The encoder name is added to the list on the left side of the window and Channel l appears underneath As the XEDIO 1 0 model is a multichannel encoder up to 2 channel numbers are displayed under the encoder name Field Description Encoder Model Select an encoder model among CDM I1 also called CDM MPEG CDM 2 XEDIO 1 0 also called CDM 3 PCX3 Encoder Description Automatically filled at encoder model sel
58. cannot can use it 125 Issue 4 1 D Xedio S uite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 11 4 LICENSE MANAGER 126 Control Manager IP The License Manager IP address is read by each workstation software when an application starts The applications connect to this address and ask for a new available connection license If allowed the application will launch otherwise an error message will be displayed and the application will not open Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D 12 Media File Cleaner The Media File Cleaner is a tool that allows the user to retrieve and list the orphan files These are files that are stored on the media server but that are not referenced in the Xedio database These files can be viewed and deleted The Media File Cleaner is available from the Tools menu in Xedio Manager providing that no tool is selected in the Outlook area Media File Cleaner Media Directory SubFolder Filter lt All gt HiResFiles A filtering can be applied before starting a search for orphan files This filtering allows the user to perform the search on all the media servers or only on one of them and in all the folders or in only one of them Once the filter is configured the search is started using the Refresh button or the F5 keyboard shortcut A right click on an orphan media opens a contextual menu that allows to Play the med
59. category They are detailed in the table below EJ EVS Video Server Group Item Description EVS Video Server Defines setup parameters for an EVS video server which will be used by CleanEdit to see display search and access clips and record trains EVS Video Server Defines the parameters of the web services used to Group interact between Xedio and the EVS video servers All the steps below must be followed GENERAL CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS The following parameters must be defined from Softwares Parameter Profiles General General tab e Notification Center Address set the IP address with port 48888 Example 172 22 23 9 48888 Issue 4 1 D 4 3 4 3 1 Xedio S uite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 e XedioBroker Address set the IP address with port 8762 Example 172 22 23 9 8762 EVS VIDEO SERVER INTRODUCTION All the EVS Video Servers you want to access through LinX protocol must be referenced in this category The Discover button helps you to discover automatically all the EVS Video Server available on your network If a server does not appear in the discovery you can try to restart the server or check the network path between the local machine and your server e g mutlicast shall be enabled If it is still not discovered then configure the server manually When you click the EVS Video Server button the EVS Video Server Manager
60. cia ten eei cid etus acd taped id as aeuo ie 123 11 2 2 Creating a USE Cot ad Hato ien iustis uu Menus ea Ma P Rau eae 124 11 2 3 Possible Actions with Contextual Menu 124 ORIGIN MANAGER ceased A a 125 Issue 4 1 D Xedio S uite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 E123 125 L2 Contextual CS E en eser tui 125 LULA LIGCENSE MANAGERB s eal nte aA 126 12 MEDIA FILE CLEANER oiii sois eae e bci ol nv b Qo OR E GU cds 127 VI Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 What s New The following table describes the sections updated to reflect the new and modified features on Xedio Manager from Xedio Suite 3 02 and 4 01 compared to Xedio S uite 3 01 In the user manual the icon has been added on left margin to highlight information on new and updated features Click the section number or the description in the table to jump directly to the corresponding section Section Description 5 6 Possibility to synchronize the Xedio database with the IPDirector database 6 4 Media Importer Possibility to import media from CANON Compact Flash drive 6 6 1 A Today tab is automatically added to the Saved Filters It corresponds to creation date today
61. d by the encoder The profiles come from a list of xml files stored on the storage server in the Profiles CDM2 folder These files define the codecs formats and their parameters Storage The storage server that stores the encoded media files Audio Groups This parameter is only available for CDM 2 Only two groups of embedded audio can be selected simultaneously Audio The audio sources can be chosen using the drop down lists in Channels the selected groups Preview Thumb Path of the thumbnail automatically generated by the Path encoder during video digitization This thumbnail is used in Xedio Ingest Organizer scheduler and Xedio Manager to preview the source being encoded MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL ENCODER PROPERTIES To modify the properties of a physical encoder select it in the list enter new values in the relevant fields and click the Update button POSSIBLE ACTIONS WITH CONTEXTUAL MENUS A contextual menu is available when you select an encoder name in the list and then right click The following options can be selected Menu Item Description Duplicate Creates a new physical encoder with the same properties and same encoding parameters The term duplicated is added next to the new encoder name Delete Deletes the encoder configuration and removes it from the list A contextual menu is available when you select a channel in the list and then right click Menu Item Description Set Lab
62. d to enter the number of fields to jump when Alt key is used with Prev and Next buttons Field to enter the speed rate for super fast forward and rewind tools when used together with the Shift key Field to enter the speed rate for fast forward and fast rewind tools Field to enter the tolerance value in seconds towards the creation time between two sibling XT clips Field to enter the tolerance value in seconds towards the creation time between two sibling streams When selected the clip creation on XT train is disabled Recorder Browsing Interval Accuracy Enable Deinterlace Menu P reR oll PrevNextX RollBoth Field to enter the interval in msec in which the timeline browsing tries to be frame accurate WARNING high values require a high bandwidth When selected enables the mode only Deinterlacer menu hi res Field to enter the Preroll time in fields used to play previous next transition Field to enter the number of fields to jump when Alt key is used with Prev and Next buttons When selected enables the left roller and right roller tools Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Issue 4 1 D Recorder R ollLeft When selected enables the left roller tool RollRight When selected enables the right roller tool RollTurn When selected enables the clip roller tool Scheduler Read Only When selected restricts the Scheduler acce
63. database references AND media database references removes entries from the database only 3 Delete Edit Clip database references media database references AND linked media files from online nearline storage removes entries from the database and from the media server The media will be removed only if they are not used in other edits or in other playlists either the media itself or through attached virtual media or virtual clips Additionally all associated material such as virtual media and virtual clips that are used in the edit s or playlist s selected for deletion will be removed from the database For more powerful media delete and purge options see sections 12 Media File Cleaner on page 127 BROADCASTED ITEMS MANAGER The Broadcasted Items Manager gives the list of all items played out from Playout Organizer software The tool is designed to have an overview of the database content and remove items that are no longer required because they have been flagged as broadcasted When you click the Broadcasted Items Manager button the Broadcasted Items Manager window is displayed in the Work area 28 0ct 09 Type PlayList Label UserName Playout Server troadcated DateTimelete Program Class 119 Issue 4 1 D Xedio S uite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 10 5 SCRIPT MANAGER A series of scripts is available from Xedio Manager and can be activated from the 12
64. dia Manager window e The Filter 0 tab The element grid displays the list of all media present in the database or it returns the result of a search applied to the list 41 Issue 4 1 D 6 6 2 42 Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 e The Today tab the element grid shown the media with creation date today Additional tabs are displayed when the users have saved filters applied to the database Refer to section Using Saved Filters on page 53 for more details Media items are displayed in columns ELEMENT GRID DISPLAYED COLUMNS It is possible to re arrange the columns order and to add or remove some columns Right clicking on any of the column headings displays a contextual menu The Choose Displayed Columns option opens the Select Visible Columns window allowing you to choose the columns you want to be displayed in the element grid The column width and order can be adjusted using standard computer commands and drag and drop techniques ELEMENT GRID CONTEXTUAL MENU A contextual menu is available when you right click on an item in the list Menu Item Description Published State Allows the selection of a sub menu to change the publish state of the media between Published and Not Published A published media will be displayed in the database lists of all the software and thus available for use Treated State Allows the selection of a sub men
65. e generated 3 The hi res files are online and at least one lo res file is in use A popup window is displayed and mentions the file in use You are asked whether you want to continue e Press YES to generate only lo res files not in use e Press NO to cancel the operation SPECIAL STATUS DISPLAY FOR THE ELEMENTS The elements can be displayed with a specific font to reflect a particular status Element Display Meaning Red font Element in recording or importing state A wrong status may be displayed when a Xedio Ingest server crashed Italic font Virtual media created with Xedio Browse Grey font Only hi res media or lo res media is available SEARCHING THE DATABASE INTRODUCTION When the database contains large amounts of data it may become difficult to find a specific element The Xedio Suite offers several ways to speed up your search e Quick text search e filters on parameters By default the columns that are taken into consideration for the Quick Text Search are the ones currently visible in the grid If you wish to search in other columns and view the string you are searching for in the columns you can add other columns to the element grid view e use Filters as explained in section Advanced Filters on page 47 These search tools are explained in detail below Quick text search and filters on parameters as well as several filters on parameters can be combined and saved for later use All th
66. e criteria must be met in the results list an AND operator is applied These Saved Filters can then be applied in one click 45 Issue 4 1 D 46 Xedio S uite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 QUICK TEXT SEARCH Introduction The Quick Text Search field is always available on the top of the database content list It allows searching for a string in the displayed columns The Quick Text Search option obeys specific rules which can be accessed via the Help button Elex to the Quick Text Search field For more details on these rules refer to the section Quick Text Search Rules on page 47 How to Perform a Quick Text Search To perform a Quick Text search proceed as follows 1 Show the columns you wish to perform a quick search 2 Type a search string in the Quick Text Search field based on Quick Text search rules available from the Help button ECI and detailed in section Quick Text Search Rules on page 47 2 3 Depending on whether the AutoRefresh Filtering setting is selected not you may have to press the Search button to apply the Quick Text Search Refer to the tab Software Parameter Profiles General General The Quick Text Search is applied and the search result is displayed in the grid 4 To clear the applied Quick Text Search click the red X icon to the right of the search field EJ select empty from the Quick Text S
67. e following contextual menu appears e 2 0 7 Select one of the options Consequently two channels will have the same name within a group So the group is displayed in red You will not be able to save the changes until this is solved 73 Issue 4 1 D 74 Automatic Restore Restore Type Xedio S uite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Option list to select the restore type to be used for automatic restore process Possible values e Full Restore restores the whole media e Partial Restore restores only the useful section of the media used in the edit for which a restore is requested Import Imported FileName Format Free text field to define the imported filename format for XDCAM import The following items can be used LABEL Label given by Xedio user Clip Name 9 CLASSID Class ID 96 TCIN Timecode IN TCOUT Timecode OUT CLIPTY PE USER DURATION Clip Type e g DV_50i P2HD_ 100i Xedio Username Timecode Duration YEAR Current Year MONTH Current Month DAY Current Day Number HOUR Current Hour MIN Current Minute SEC Current Second MSEC Current Millisecond SDYEAR Shooting Date Year SDMONTH Shooting Date Month Number Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Import 96 DDAY Shooting Date Day Number GUID Clip GUID Use
68. earch field 5 The Quick Text Search field is a combo box that gives access to the last 10 previously searched strings Select a filter from the list of the Quick Text Search field to apply a previous search Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 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 next to the Quick Text Search field The free text search is not a case sensitive operation 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 Searches for low at the end of a string Ye low Searches for strings with ye at the beginning and low at the end Ye low 123 Searches for strings with ye at the beginning and low at the end and which
69. ection Company Automatically filled at encoder model selection Number of Channels Automatically filled at encoder model selection Type Automatically filled at encoder model selection Label Name you give to the physical encoder as it will appear in the list Preferably choose a name relevant to the job of the encoder or to its position in the Xedio architecture IP Address IP address of the physical encoder Description Optional text to describe the encoder This will appear in a ToolTip when placing the pointer over the corresponding encoder name in the list on the left Issue 4 1 D 3 2 3 10 Xedio S uite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 SETTING UP THE ENCODING PARAMETERS Select a channel Channel 1 or Channel 2 with CDM 3 PCX3 to set the encoding parameters The encoding parameters fields displayed on the right depend on the encoder model CDM MPEG ENCODING PARAMETERS STORE70110 The available parameters for CDM 1 also called CDM MPEG are the following Setting Description Media Server Media storage server where the encoded media files will be stored Gop Size Number of frames between two pictures normal setting is 12 Defines the MPEG file structure to use Number of B Number of B frames between two P frames typically 2 Frames Defines the Gop structure to use Video Size Width of the picture Select a val
70. ed checks for missing hi res files in the edit timeline and displays a small yellow triangle over each missing clip in the timeline Option list to select the color used for the rectangle under the active Player area or Recorder area When selected Shows a confirmation dialog window when doing delete actions Enables automatic Edit ID generation and selects the generation method Possible values e None e 1008 unique in the DB but maybe not across several DB e UUID Universally Unique Identifier UmID When selected sets the Edit ID property to read only Field to enter a value corresponding to a camera ganging type 0 XT input cameras 1 IPDirector metadata 2 mixed first tries IPD metadata then XT input cams Color used in the media bar of the Player to representa log with the default ranking assigned Issue 4 1 D 78 General External Cue Point Ranking Color External Cue Point Ranking Color External Cue Point Ranking Color Mandatory Edit On air Date Show ArchiveMgr TAB Show Devices TAB Show Edit TAB Show EditMgr TAB Show HeaderMaker TAB Show Medialmporter TAB Show MediaMgr TAB Show Playout TAB Show ProjectMgr TAB Show Export TAB Show Scheduler TAB Show CharacterGenerator TAB Show VoiceOver TAB Show VTR TAB User Cue Point Color Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Color used in the media ba
71. el Opens a dialog box allowing to update the Channel 1 or Description Channel 2 name or to enter a description Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 3 3 3 3 1 3 3 2 LOGICAL MANAGER INTRODUCTION When you click the Logical Manager button the Logical Encoders Manager window is displayed in the Work area allowing you to logically group physical encoders as being part of the same channel Possible configurations use two encoders in hi res and lo res or one encoder in hi res only With a XEDIO 1 0 encoder model lo res and hi res are recorded by the same encoder Label CDM 2 Logical Encoder Group GLOBAL oder 1 Channel 1 CleanG Server Port default 1024 1024 Switcher Output CREATING LOGICAL ENCODER To create and configure a logical encoder complete the following fields and then Click on the Create button The logical encoder name is added to the list on the left side of the window and the name of its corresponding physical encoders appears underneath Field Description Label Give a name to the logical encoder Logical Encoder Select the group you want to link to the logical encoders Group This will determine the Ingest Organizer workstation which will see the encoders and this is used to restrict the access to some encoders by the Ingest Organizer The GLOBAL group makes the encoders visible to all the Ingest Organize
72. en selected allows server clip to be viewed in a player When selected allows server train to be viewed in a player 91 Issue 4 1 D 9 2 12 92 Cemediaimport Stills Stills Keys Video Wave XDCam XDCamEX XT Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 When selected allows import of image stills files When selected allows import of stills with key files When selected allows import of video files When selected allows import of files with wave format When selected allows import of files with XDCam format When selected allows import from XDCamEX device When selected allows import of server clips LisT OF PARAMETERS FOR XEDIO EXPLORER The Xedio Explorer profile gives access to the following lists of parameters General Allow to MOS publish exported edits Automatic Edit ID Generation Read Only Edit ID Program Class to set when checking MOS published Is Program Class set when checking MOS published read only When selected sends the item to the MOS as soon as it is exported To Edit Enables automatic Edit ID generation and selects the generation method Possible values e None IDDB unique in the DB but maybe not across several DB e UUID Universally Unique Identifier UmID When selected sets the edit ID property to read only Option list to select the Program Class to be used by default when the exported
73. er Group Manager window is displayed in the Work area To set a group of EVS video server complete the following fields select the servers you want to group and then click on the Create button Field Description Label Name you want to give to the group of servers Description Optional text to describe the group of EVS Servers LinxAdapter IP address of the machine hosting the LinxAdapter software used to manage the Linx notifications from the EVS video server to Xedio Keep 80 for TCP Port and keep the soap string unchanged LinxAdapter Backup Not used Keep 0 0 0 0 LinxOutAdapter IP address of the machine hosting the LinxOutAdapter software used to manage the Linx commands sent from Xedio to the EVS video server Keep 80 for TCP Port and keep the soap string unchanged EVS video servers List of EVS video servers defined in the EVS Video Server tab Select the servers you want to include in the group All the EVS servers which must be seen and could be used in CleanEdit must be assigned to a group Mandatory 23 Issue 4 1 D Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 5 Machines 5 1 INTRODUCTION External devices can be connected to the Xedio Suite Their parameters are configured from the Machines tab Four items are available in the Machines category They are detailed in the table below Machines Ld 1
74. erwrite Rendering S plit Vfx TL Colors Audio Block Audio Block With FX Audio Hatching Audio Text Audio Trace Color Drag Audio Trace Drag Video Trace Mark IN Mark OUT NowLine Rendered Video Block Selected Blocks S ync Block Video Block Video Block With FX Video Hatching Video Text Issue 4 1 D timeline When selected enables the Move Frame edit zone When selected displays the Insert Overwrite button above the timeline When selected displays the Rendering button above the timeline When selected displays the Clip Split button above the timeline When selected displays the VFX button above the timeline Option list to select the Audio block color Color for audio block with FX Audio block hatching color Audio block text color Audio level color Color for the audio level when adjusting Color for the video transition duration when adjusting Mark IN line color Mark OUT line color Nowline color Rendered video block color Selected timeline blocks color Color for audio block which has been moved out of sync with its associated video Video block color Color for video block with FX Video block hatching color Video block text color 87 Issue 4 1 D 9 2 6 88 TL Colors VO Text VO With Attenuation VO Without Attenuation Voiceover Attenuation Auto Attenuation DB Attenuation Fade Attenuation Pos PreRoll Text Mask Xedio Suite Version 4 1
75. eter profile has been defined for an application the default profile is used PossiBLE ACTIONS WITH CONTEXTUAL MENU A contextual menu is available when you select a user in the list and then right click Menu Item Delete Description Delete the user from the database Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 11 3 11 3 1 ORIGIN MANAGER INTRODUCTION This tool is used to define and manage the user origin which provides a structure for each user within the Xedio architecture When a user account is created a user origin value is entered for the user When you click the Origin Manager button the Origin Manager window is displayed in the Work area EVS Broadcast Equipment 11 3 2 CONTEXTUAL MENUS A contextual menu is available when no label is selected in the list and then you right click Menu Item Description New Root Creates a new origin A contextual menu is available when you select a label in the list and then right click Menu Item Description New Root Creates a new origin New Child Creates a new sub origin Rename Allows to rename the selected origin or sub origin Modify Opens the Modify Class window allowing to update the label or description of the selected origin or sub origin Delete Deletes the selected origin or sub origin Hidden State Hides Unhides the selected origin or sub origin so users
76. h is automatically started without pressing Return or pushing the Search button When selected enables the selection of a class list node rather than only the deepest sub items When selected displays a confirmation window before the backup operation of an EVS video server Video Ratio used in thumbnail generation and during rendering operations Possible values 4 3 or 16 9 Free text field to define the default horizontal resolution for hi resolution video files width in pixels Default video frequency for Proxy video browsing editing and encoding Default video resolution for Proxy video browsing editing and encoding Video supported by the Dispatcher in the current session You cannot mixed PAL and NTSC This parameter is also used during rendering to upscale or not the media Possible values PAL SD NTSC drop SD HD 1080i 50 HD 720p 950 HD 1080i 59 94 HD 720p 959 94 Field to define the default duration for XT growing clip Field to define the default folder to store grab image file Field to define the default prefix for the resulting grab image file Free text field to define the IP address and port number of the notification center When selected enables clipping on odd frames when working with P resolution in all players and timelines g Note This parameter should only be set for full progressive workflows Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment Dece
77. have to enter the IP address of the workstation and press the Save button Delete Allows to un assign the keyboard profile to the selected workstation 9 Note The CleanEdit application may have to be restarted to apply the changes if itis currently running on the workstation 111 Issue 4 1 D Xedio S uite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 9 5 VIDEO FX 9 5 1 INTRODUCTION The Video FX tool sets the name and default parameters for the transition clip and conversion effects When you click the Video FX button the Video FX window is displayed in the Work area 9 5 2 EDITING DEFAULT PARAMETERS FOR EFFECTS To modify the default parameters for transition clip or conversion effects double click it in the list enter select new values in the relevant fields and click the OK button 112 Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Issue 4 1 D 10 Tools 10 1 INTRODUCTION From the Tools category you can manage projects clips edits playlists and broadcasted items and you can define classes Nine items are available in the Tools category They are detailed in the table below s m Program Class Manager b Projects Manager Clips Manager Edits Manager E PlayLists Manager wE Ca Broadcasted Items Manager aL 3 Tag Manager a u Script
78. he Archive Server configuration Label Name you give to the Archive Server Description Optional text to describe the Archive Server IP Address IP address of the archive server Is default oq een the current archive server is used by efault Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 5 5 XFILE MANAGER XFile can be used to receive and send media in file format or for the rendering of files to an EVS video server When you click the XFile Manager button the XFile Manager window is displayed in the Work area To set XFile parameters complete the following fields and then click on the Save button Field Description ID Number automatically allocated by the system when you save the XFile configuration Label Name you give to XFile Description Optional text to describe the XFile XFile IP Address IP address of the machine hosting XFile software Root XML Path Location where an XML file is sent by Xedio to request a job Media Path Location where the media is stored before being treated by XFile Default XT EVS video server number used by default to store media files treated by XFile Default Page EVS server page number used by default to store media files treated by XFile If the field is left empty the first available place will be used Default Cam EVS server cam number used by default to store media files treated by XFile If t
79. he Scheduler button the Scheduler window displays blocks corresponding to the scheduled ingests already planned for encoding by all the logical encoders Current Date As this function is the same as the one available in Xedio Ingest Organizer please refer to the user manual of this application for more details Issue 4 1 D Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 3 6 PREVIEW When you click the Preview button the Preview window displays simultaneously the video currently under processing and encoding at all encoders inputs The only available parameter is the Refresh Rate defined in seconds Refresh Rate in sec 1 18 Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 4 1 4 2 4 LinX and Direct Access INTRODUCTION Xedio Add On for EVS Video Server is based on LinX protocol and XT Gateway The LinX Application Programming Interface is an integrated API used to access the EVS family video servers through Ethernet IP connection Xedio can access EVS video server disks e g XT 2 XS and use the media stored on EVS server thanks to XTGateway provided that they have previously been configured Xedio will then be able to see display search and access clips and record trains on EVS video servers New clips could be created in CleanEdit from EVS video servers Two items are available in the LinX
80. he field is left empty the first available place will be used 29 Issue 4 1 D 5 6 30 Xedio S uite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 IPDIRECTOR It is possible to synchronize the Xedio database with the IP Director database The IPD Gateway is a Windows service used to synchronize database information from IPDirector to Xedio It subscribes to IPDirector Notification Server The IPDirector Notification Server is an IPDirector API which is used to notify the gateway when modifications are done in the IPDirector database Important When the IPD Gateway has been installed it must be configured in Xedio Manager and the IPD nearlines must be configured in the Xedio Media Servers of Xedio Manager before you start the IPD Gateway services When you click the IPDirector button the IPDirector window is displayed in the Work area Domain User Domain Password To set IPDirector parameters complete the following fields and then click on the Update button Field Description IPDirector Gateway IP Address IP address of the machine where the IPDirector gateway is installed Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Field TCP Port Issue 4 1 D Description IPD gateway TCP port default is 8080 Domain User Domain Password A Windows Domain User with Admin rights Windows Domain
81. ia in Media List Issue 4 1 D lowest priority and 100 highest priority When selected archives high resolution files when an archiving is requested When selected archives low resolution files when an archiving is requested When selected deletes high resolution files after archiving When selected deletes low resolution files after archiving Field to enter a value corresponding to the default restore request priority Possible values from 0 to 100 with 0 disabled 1 lowest priority and 100 highest priority When selected restores high resolution files When selected restores low resolution files When selected allows the user to check for locked media Automatic Restore Restore Priority Edit Clip Restore Priority R2B Field to enter a value corresponding to the Restore Priority when a clip is dropped in the timeline or when Edit Play date is modified Possible values from 0 to 100 with 0 disabled 1 lowest priority and 100 highest priority Field to enter a value corresponding to the Restore Priority when an Edit is set to Ready to Broadcast Possible values from 0 to 100 with 0 disabled 1 lowest priority and 100 highest priority Browser Base for new project Base for new edit Base for new clip Free text field to enter the default base name for a new project Free text field to enter the default base name for a new edit Free text field to enter the defa
82. ia or to Delete it Deleting a media file means removing it definitively from the server This operation cannot be undone To prevent accidental deletion the following confirmation message is displayed before the operation is completed Xedio Manager This action will definitively eras elected files from the MediaServer dis Are you sure you want to proc 127 SU Instant Tapeless Technology HW EVS Broadcast Equipment Li ge Science Park 16 rue Bois St Jean B 4102 Ougr e Belgium Corporate North amp Latin America Headquarters Headquarters 32 4 361 7000 1 973 575 7811 Asia amp Pacific Other regional offices Headquarters available on 852 2914 2501 www evs tv contact ys To learn more about EVS go to www evs tv
83. ideo source of the VTR is connected Leave this field blank if you do not have any switcher control device supporting Xedio protocol 25 Issue 4 1 D 9 3 26 Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 SWITCHER MANAGER When you click the Switcher Manager button the Switcher Manager window is displayed in the Work area Switcher Config Host IP 107 Machine Name Switcher Config Host Port Wait For Host Response TimeOut in sec You can indirectly control a switcher through the system If the Transmit Switcher Info field is checked Xedio Ingest Server application transmits the switching information over the Ethernet network to a dedicated software device before starting any recording This device will manage the audio and video routing at the Switcher with regard to its brand and protocol and send an acknowledgement back to Xedio Ingest Server within a determined delay in order to start the encoder s To set switcher parameters complete the following fields and then click on the Apply button Field Description Transmit Switcher Enables Disables the use of a software device to control Info the switcher s Switcher Config Host IP address of the software device to access to IP Switcher Config Host Port number where to send the switching information Port Wait For Host Delay for the acknowledge coming from the device Response TimeOut in sec
84. ine When selected the IP address is converted to machine Name name for display 75 Issue 4 1 D 76 Cefiltermgr Max Date Interval Max Result Set Size Recent Date List Cemediaimport Enable Audio Track Assignment Dialog Enable RTD Import Enable P2 Import PlayXTClip PlayXTTrain Enable Image Import Enable Stills Key Import Enable Video Import Enable Wave Import Enable XDCam Import Allow XT Import Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Field to define the maximum date interval in days which can be used when a search filter is applied on a date parameter 0 no limit Field to define the maximum number of items which will be displayed in the result list after a search filter has been applied 0 no limit Free text field to define the dates to be displayed in recent dates drop down lists When select Enables the display of audio track assignment dialog tab in the Setup window during an import When select Allows import of RTD files When select Allows import of files with P2 format When select Allows server clip to be viewed in a player When select Allows server train to be viewed in a player When select Allows import of image stills files When select Allows import of stills with key files When select Allows import of video files When select Allows import of files with wave format When select Allows import of files with XDCa
85. ine the publish state of the ingest from the Scheduler in Xedio Ingest Possible values Not Published Published Previous State VTR VTR published Option list to define the default value of the Publish box when creating a record from VTR Possible values Not Published Published Previous State LIST OF PARAMETERS FOR XEDIO PLAYOUT ORGANIZER The Playout Organizer profile gives access to the following lists of parameters tabs Cefiltermgr Max Date Interval Max Result Set Size Recent Date List Field to define the maximum date interval in days which can be used when a search filter is applied on a date parameter 0 no limit Field to define the maximum number of items which will be displayed in the result list after a search filter has been applied 0 2 no limit Free text field to define the dates to be displayed in recent dates drop down lists Playout Organizer Automatic restore priority Force Approval Hide Start on time When adding an ARCHIDEL clip to a playlist an automatic restore is launched if the broadcast date and time is foreseen within 24 hours This parameter sets the priority of the restore Possible values from 0 to 100 with 0 disabled 1 lowest priority and 100 highest priority When selected forces DB objects to be approved before their insertion into a playlist When selected hides the Start on time button 89 Issue 4 1 D 9 2 8 9 2 9
86. ite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS i ERR cr FD rca KP E n c E c rac Il WHAT S NEW eia ak rai ra a rr ER E C edo e n von En en VII 1 INTRODUCTIO EM cni cla C Cr DER V c f nc A rnc 1 2 USER INTERFACE 2 2 1 XEDIO MANAGER DI ras tocaba 2 2 2 OVERVIEW OF THE XEDIO MANAGER WINDOW ratis exe 2 22 15 Meni bar Exo a 3 242 VEO UU GOK aaa huis Cheat end odo 5 2 23 TNE WOM ATE acude adita edi etd cicer dpi da a ted acct iid dean did uti ligi 6 2 2 The 00500 p n IDA ce aa KON deba RAS 6 ENCODERS duisi iix DONC DU GA CETERO REED CDD E RD KDE XR 7 INTRODUCTION phon ete a dca e Phu cr hn t d 7 Bad PHYSICAE MANABER ins 8 8 3 2 2 Creating Physical D OB mn vaut erri oth dct tr ER Pepe eon ea 9 3 2 3 Setting up the EncodintP sven eraot dated vas bio diesen 10 3 2 4 Modifying the Physical Encoder Properties oui or treo ae e tanned eb 12 3 25 Possible Actions with Contextual Menus esee 12 23 LOBICALMANAG BR
87. l media or virtual clips Additionally all associated material such as virtual media and virtual clips that are used in the edit s or playlist s selected for deletion will be removed from the database For more powerful media delete and purge options see sections 12 Media File Cleaner on page 127 55 Issue 4 1 D Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 7 Metadata 7 1 INTRODUCTION Metadata is customer defined data which can be associated with media or edits to describe or classify them Metadata user fields can be created and associated into profiles within Xedio Manager Then a metadata profile can be assigned to media or edits and metadata values specific to the media or edit can be entered in the user fields Three items are available in the Metadata category They are detailed in the table below Metadatas 2 4 Profile Management pa Media Pro Edit Profile Item Profile Management Description Manages the creation of metadata fields and their association into metadata profiles Media Profile Association Allows the selection of metadata profiles to be available for association with media Edit Profile Association 56 Allows the selection of metadata profiles to be available for association with an edit Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011
88. l screen Recorder Focus Sets the focus on recorder 107 Issue 4 1 D 108 General Recorder Full Screen Redo Undo a Undo b Player Auto Clip Toggle Audiol a Toggle Audiol b Toggle Audio2 a Toggle Audio2 b Toggle Audio3 a Toggle Audio3 b Toggle Audio4 a Toggle Audio4 b Toggle Video a Toggle Video b Fast Forward Fast Rewind Goto End Goto IN Goto OUT Goto Start Insert Cue Point Mark IN a Mark IN b Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Sets the recorder to full screen Redoes the last action Undoes the last action Undoes the last action secondary shortcut Sets clip IN and OUT points on the fly Toggle the audio stereo 1 of the player Toggle the audio stereo 1 of the player secondary shortcut Toggle the audio stereo 2 of the player Toggle the audio stereo 2 of the player secondary shortcut Toggle the audio stereo 3 of the player Toggle the audio stereo 3 of the player secondary shortcut Toggle the audio stereo 4 of the player Toggle the audio stereo 4 of the player secondary shortcut Toggle player video Toggle player video Fast forward the media Fast rewind the media Jumps to end of clip or media Goes to clip IN point Goes to clip OUT point Jumps to start of clip or media Inserts a cue point Sets clip IN point Sets clip IN point secondary shortcut Xedio Suite Version
89. lues None Before OUT Centered After OUT Field to enter the text font size in timeline block 83 Issue 4 1 D 84 Timeline Block Font Name Can Accelerate Clips Move Clips Move Sensibility Color Block Width Default Audio Trans FX Default Video Trans FX Fast Motion Clip HR Fast Motion Clip LR Fx Tab Audio Fade FX Tab Audio Level FX Tab Color Ins Fx Tab Video Fade Guardband Frames Graphics Insert Duration Magnet Pixels Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Option list to select the text font name in timeline block When selected enables fast motion Field to enter the number of fields to shift the selected clips to the left or to the right when used in combination with or key Field to enter the mouse sensitivity value when selecting and moving blocks inside the timeline Field to enter the size of the color area within timeline blocks Option list to define the default audio transition effect Possible values None Fade OUT Fade IN Cross Fade Option list to define the default video transition effect Possible values Mix Wipe Border Wipe Dip to Color Option list to select the transcoding codec used for the rendering of hi res Fast Motion Clip Possible values list of codecs available with the current release package Option list to select the transcoding codec used for the rendering of lo res Fast Motion
90. ly items that are not used not locked in any user project and not used to create virtual media and or clip can be deleted otherwise an error message will occur The media items displayed in the Media Manager window are all the media items corresponding to the filters or search tools applied When you click the Media gt Manager button the Media Manager window is displayed in the Work area ALL Criteria are met Thumbnail In Thumbnail Out Description Creation Date Nodification Date Shooting Date wosuo3 QIMA Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Concert 00010 13h58 24 09 2009 13 59 17 26 10 2010 11 07 52 24 09 2009 Concert 00020 14h00 24 09 2009 14 00 12 J7 10 2010 15 39 28 24 09 2009 Concert 00040 14h00 24 09 2009 14 00 12 26 10 2010 11 07 53 24 09 2009 Concert 00050 14h00 24 09 2009 14 00 15 26 10 2010 11 07 54 24 09 2009 24 09 2009 14 03 39 26 10 2010 11 07 55 24 09 2009 Athletisme 00010 14h03 Athletisme 00020 14h03 Concert 00030 14h00 EJ 24 09 2009 14 00 12 26 10 2010 11 07 53 24 09 2009 Athletisme_CO0030_14h03 24 09 2009 14 03 40 26 10 2010 11 07 56 24 09 2009 Athletisme 00040 14h03 24 09 2009 14 03 40 26 10 2010 11 07 55 24 09 2009 The upper part of the Work area gives access to different filters which can applied to the media list e 24 09 2009 14 03 39 26 10 2010 11 07 55 24 09 2008 At least two tabs exist on the left of the Me
91. m Description Duplicate Creates a new playout server with the same properties The term duplicated is added next to the new playout Server name Delete Deletes the playout server configuration and removes it from the list GROUP MANAGER INTRODUCTION The Playout Servers may be grouped together through the Group Manager This can be used to group a main server and a backup server They can then be made visible only from some predefined Playout Organizer workstations When you click the Group Manager button the Playouts Group Manager window is displayed in the Work area 65 Issue 4 1 D 8 3 2 8 3 3 66 Xedio S uite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 CREATING A GROUP OF PLAYOUT SERVERS To create a group of playout servers complete the following fields and then click on the Create button The group name is added to the list on the left side of the window Field Description Label Give a name to the group of playout servers Description Optional text to describe the group of playout servers Playout Servers Select the playout servers to group together 9 Note A group of playout channels restricts the amount of available channels for specific Playout Organizer workstations There is one default group called GLOBAL that allows a Playout Organizer workstation to see all channels when it is selected DELETING A GROUP OF PLAYOUT SERVERS T
92. m format When select Allows import of server clips Media Manager LoResGen Media Server LoResGen Rendering Profile Scheduler Scheduler Published Xedio Media server where the low resolution media file shall be re generated Low resolution rendering profile used to generate the low resolution media file Default value of the Publish check box when creating a Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 9 2 5 Scheduler Scheduler ReadOnly Issue 4 1 D record from the Scheduler Possible values are published not published or previous state When selected restricts the Scheduler access to read only records cannot be created or modified LIST OF PARAMETERS FOR XEDIO CLEANEDIT The CleanEdit profile gives access to the following lists of parameters tabs An Effects area is displayed in the lower part of the window Selecting effects allows the users to use them in CleanEdit Refer to the Xedio CleanEdit manual for a description of each effect General Auto Refresh Filtering Check for missing hires files Active Window Color Show confirmation dialog Automatic Edit ID Generation Read Only Edit ID EVS Server Ganging Type External Cue Point Ranking 0 Color When selected each time a new criterion is added to a filter the search is automatically started without pressing Return or pushing the Search button When select
93. mber 2011 General XedioBroker address XT Clip creation default clipname Issue 4 1 D Free text field to define the IP address and port number of Xedio Broker Free text field to define the default clip name when creating an XT clip Audio Default Input Audio Track Assignment Default Rendering Audio Track Assignment Default XT Input Audio Track Assignment Enable 5 1 management Defines the default audio channel assignment for the imported media files other than server clips and encoder ingests The field displays the assignments for 2 4 8 and 16 channels configurations separated by a sign Refer to the section How to Define New Default Audio Channel Assignment on page 72 9 Note Once the audio track assignment has been defined in Xedio Importer or AutoFile Importer these values will be used instead of the default ones on the workstation Defines the default audio channel assignment for rendered files The field displays the assignments for 2 4 8 and 16 channels configurations separated by a sign Refer to the section How to Define New Default Audio Channel Assignment on page 72 Defines the default audio channel assignment for the media files server clips only The field displays the assignments for 2 4 8 and 16 channels configurations separated by a sign Refer to the section How to Define New Default Audio Channel Assignment on page 72 Enables the creati
94. n use An error message will be shown if this is attempted Import from File Import a parameters profile stored in a ini format In the Open window select the file that contains the parameters profile to import Import Default Import a parameters profile stored in a ini format as the default parameter profile In the Open window select the file that contains the parameters profile to import Export to File Exports the selected parameters profile in a readable file ini format In the Save As window select the folder to export the file to Export to Text Exports the selected parameters profile in a text file format txt format In the Save As window select the folder to export the file to 69 Issue 4 1 D 9 2 3 70 Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 LIST OF GENERAL PARAMETERS The GENERAL profile gives access to the following lists of parameters tabs General Auto Refresh Filtering Can select ClassList node Confirmation window to backup EVS video server Default video aspect ratio Default high bitrate video width Default Proxy Video Frequency Default Proxy Video Resolution Default video standard Default XT Growing Clip Duration Grab Still Frame Folder Grab Still Frame Prefix Notification Center address Odd Frame Clipping When selected each time a new criterion is added to a filter the searc
95. no limit Free text field to define the dates to be displayed in recent dates drop down lists Amount of fields before the entry point of a clip when using the auto clipping tool Alt Space bar Amount of fields after the out point of a clip when using the auto clipping tool Alt Space bar Field to enter the jog range in hi res Field to enter the jog range in lo res Field to enter the number of fields to jump when Alt key is used with Prev and Next buttons Field to enter the speed rate for super fast forward and rewind tools when used together with the Shift key Field to enter the speed rate for fast forward and fast rewind tools Field to enter the tolerance value in seconds towards the creation time between two sibling XT clips Field to enter the tolerance value in seconds towards the creation time between two sibling XT streams Storyboard Allow Edits in MOS Brw Allow Export to Avid Allow Export to File Allow Export to Allows drag and drop operations of edits When selected allows to export the storyboard to AVID When selected allows to export the storyboard as a file When selected allows to export the storyboard to a Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 9 2 14 Storyboard Playlist playlist Allow Voice Over Allows to insert voiceover text How TO EDIT A PARAMETER PROFILE To edit the parameters values of a pr
96. nsert Creates a duplicate of selected edit Creates a new project edit Player Auto Aspect Ration AutoClip Drop In Drop NowLine Drop Out Audiol monitoring a Automatically applies the default aspect ratio Creates a quick clip with properties set in the profile Drops the clip defined in the player after the timeline IN point Drops the clip defined in the player after the timeline nowline Drops the clip defined in the player before the timeline OUT point Toggle monitoring of the player audio stereo 1 97 Issue 4 1 D 98 Player Toggle Audiol Selection a Audio2 monitoring a Toggle Audio2 Selection a Audio3 monitoring a Toggle Audio3 Selection a Audio4 monitoring a Toggle Audio4 Selection a Audio5 monitoring a Toggle Audio5 Selection a Audio6 monitoring a Toggle Audio6 Selection a Audio monitoring Toggle Audio Selection a Audio8 monitoring a Toggle Audio8 Selection a Toggle Video a Fast Forward Fast Rewind Goto End Goto IN Goto OUT Goto Start Grab Still Frame Toggle Toggle Toggle Toggle Toggle Toggle Toggle Toggle Toggle Toggle Toggle Toggle Toggle Toggle Toggle Toggle Goes fast forward the media in player window if focus is Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 selection of the player audio stereo 1
97. number of the database It must be compatible with the CleanEdit Database DLL version number Timecode Extractor Version number of the application which checks the media and the timecode inside the media Database Server Name Name of the server where the database resides Database Name Name of the database in SQL server DSN Name Data Source Name label of the currently used ODBC link DBMS Database Management System type and version Libraries List of the existing DLL libraries When the user selects a library name from the list the corresponding version is displayed next to the field Database Server Current Time Date and time from the Database server Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 2 2 2 THE OUTLOOK BAR The Outlook bar presents nine tabs They correspond to the areas managed by Xedio Manager Outlook Bar Encoders Linx Machines Media Metadata Playouts Softwares Tools Users When Xedio Manager is started for the first time only the Media and Users tabs are shown You need to create a media server before being able to see all the tabs See section 6 2 Media Servers on page 34 The following table briefly describes the various categories Subject Purpose Encoders Manages create delete and modify encoders and sets up their parameters LinX Manages interactions with EVS video serve
98. o File TAB When selected shows To Target TAB Cg Enable Import Picture Enable Save As Template When selected enables the Import Picture button When selected enables the Save as template button HeaderMaker Template P ath Player Auto Clip IN Auto Clip OUT Free text field to enter the path to HeaderMaker template Amount of fields before the entry point of a clip when using the auto clipping tool 5 bar Amount of fields after the out point of a clip when using the auto clipping tool Alt Space bar 81 Issue 4 1 D 82 Player Browsing Interval Accuracy Enable Deinterlace Menu 09 Audio Threshold HI Jog Audio Threshold LO Jog Range HI Range LO PrevNextX Shift Speed Max Speed Max XT Clip Creation Time Tolerance XT Stream Creation Time Tolerance XT Train Only View Enable Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Field to enter the interval in msec in which the media player browsing tries to be frame accurate WARNING high values require a high bandwidth When selected enables the Deinterlacer menu hi res mode only Field to enter the jog browsing speed limit for the audio to be decoded in hi res Field to enter the jog browsing speed limit for the audio to be decoded in lo res Field to enter the jog range in hi res Field to enter the jog range in lo res Fiel
99. o be able to delete a group of playout servers you first need to clear the playout servers boxes and press the Update button Then right clicking the group name will show you a contextual menu with the Delete Group option Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 9 Softwares 9 1 INTRODUCTION The parameters specific to the various applications of the Xedio Suite can be stored into different profiles These profiles can then be selected for use by users Keyboard shortcuts can also be defined and stored into profiles These profiles are linked to the workstation Four items are available in the Softwares category They are detailed in the table below Softwares an Parameter Profiles Keyboard Profiles Keyboard Machines aha De a a Video Item Description Parameter Profiles Makes it possible to set and store the software parameters of all applications into profiles Keyboard Profiles Makes it possible to set and store the keyboard key assignments into profiles Keyboard Machines Allows to assign defined keyboard profiles to workstations Video FX Allows to set the name and the default parameters for the transition effects 67 Issue 4 1 D Xedio S uite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 9 2 PARAMETER PROFILES 9 2 1 INTRODUCTION When you click the Parame
100. ode between loop and normal ToggleRes Toggles resolution between lo res and hi res within the Playlist pane of the Playout Organizer LIST OF XEDIO BROWSE AND XEDIO BROWSE VC KEYBOARD KEYS ASSIGNMENTS The Xedio Browse and the Xedio Browse VC keyboard profiles gives access to the following lists of parameters Player FastF wd Goes fast forward FastRew Fast rewinds Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Player Goto End Jumps to last picture Goto IN Goes to IN point Goto OUT Goes to OUT point Goto Start Jumps to first picture Next Jumps to next frame NextX Jumps to next x preset frames Play Plays Stops loaded media in Player window from current position Play RTE Near live plays a recording media clip Prev Jumps to previous frame PrevX Jumps to previous x preset frames Stop Stops the player Properties Del Marks Removes IN and OUT points Mark IN Sets IN point of new virtual media clip Mark OUT Sets OUT point of new virtual media clip Save Saves virtual media clip in database SB Mark Sets new virtual media clip IN point the first time the key is pressed and OUT point the second time the key is pressed 9 3 7 LIST OF XEDIO CUTTER KEYBOARD KEYS ASSIGNMENTS The Xedio Cutter keyboard profile gives access to the following lists of parameters General Player Focus Sets the focus on player Player Full Screen Sets the player to ful
101. ofile proceed as follows 1 In the Application Selection area select the application in which a parameter profile should be edited Select the profile in the Profile Selection area In the Parameters area edit the desired parameters in the Variant Values column e by selecting or clearing the box corresponding to a parameter check box e by adding the required value field to enter a value e by selecting the required value option list The default values can be changed by editing the default profile Click the Save button to save the selected profile A dialogue box will show a successful update x Param profile n 2 successfully updated Note The modifications from the default profile are highlighted in the Parameters area 95 Issue 4 1 D 9 3 9 3 1 Xedio S uite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 KEYBOARD PROFILES INTRODUCTION When you click the Keyboard Profiles button the Softwares Keyboard Profiles window is displayed in the Work area It is divided into three areas such as the Softwares Parameter Profiles window Refer to section 9 2 Parameter Profiles on page 68 for more information 9 3 2 9 3 3 96 The keyboard profiles editor manages key assignments for the software applications within the Xedio suite PossiBLE ACTIONS WITH CONTEXTUAL MENU A contextual menu is available when an application is selected in
102. on of 5 1 tracks in CleanEdit timeline The 5 1 audio support in CleanEdit works only with EVS video server clips Each track created in the CleanEdit timeline allows the user to place and manage audio blocks from server clips behind which a group of 6 audio channels are handled 7 Issue 4 1 D Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 How to Define New Default Audio Channel Assignment It is possible to define new default audio channel assignments You will be able to define configurations with e up to 8 stereo pairs e upto 5 stereo pairs and one 5 1 group e to 2 stereo pairs and two 5 1 groups To do so proceed as follows 1 In the Variant Value field double click the configuration corresponding to the selected number of channels The Audio Track Assignment window is displayed 2 Enter a name for the new audio configuration in the Label field 3 Right click an audio channel field The following contextual menu appears Group gt 2 0 72 Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 4 Select one of the options e 2 0 Two audio channels are used stereo e 5 1 Six audio channels are used 5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 for the remaining channels 6 If required you can re assigned the order of the channels inside a group Follow steps 6 and 7 Right click an audio channel field Th
103. ons of the Xedio Suite Most relevant parameters are listed at the top of the list then all the other fields are displayed in alphabetical order Creation Date File DB ID Once a parameter has been selected an entire line is displayed UNE ALL Criteria met 4 2 Interface Element Description 1 S elected filter parameter 2 Various fields used to enter the filter criteria Refer to section Search Fields Types on page 50 49 Issue 4 1 D 50 Interface Element Xedio S uite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Description Used to remove the corresponding filter line Used to add a new filter line Search Fields Types According to the selected filter parameter different types of search fields will be displayed They are detailed in the table below Filter Parameter Type Timecode or Duration Parameter Such as TC IN TC OUT Duration Displayed Criteria Fields OO 00 00 00 Select a logical operator in the first field and then enter a timecode or duration value in the second field Range Such as Timecode Range contains 00 00 00 00 contains does not contain Select an option from the first field and then 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
104. ormat When selected player Allows server clip to be viewed in a When selected Allows server train to be viewed in a player When selected Allows import of image stills files When selected Allows import of stills with key files When selected Allows import of video files When selected Allows import of files with wave format When selected Allows import of files with XDCam format Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Cemediaimport XT Issue 4 1 D When selected Allows import of server clips Cerendering2 Available XTNr 19 RTProf Agent 19 Shell Agent 19 To XT Agent Show To CleanEdit Show To Device Show To File Show To Target Free text field to enter a comma separated list of numbers for available EVS video server If the field is left empty all numbers between 1 and 30 are allowed Field to enter the DB ID of RTProf agent If the field is set to 0 the first available agent with a name containing RTProfAgent is fetched from DB Field to enter the DB Id of Shell agent If the field is set to 0 the first available agent with a name containing ShellAgent is fetched from DB Field to enter the DB Id of ToXT agent If the field is set to 0 the first available agent with a name containing ToXTAgent is fetched from DB When selected shows the To CleanEdit TAB When selected shows the To Device TAB When selected shows the T
105. r 2011 Issue 4 1 D 9 2 10 LisT OF PARAMETERS FOR XEDIO APPROVAL 9 2 11 The Xedio Approval profile gives access to the following lists of parameters AutomaticRestore Restore Priority Edit Clip Field to enter a value corresponding to the Restore Priority when an edit play date is modified Possible values from 0 to 100 with 0 disabled 1 lowest priority and 100 highest priority Player Enable Deinterlace Menu Range HI 09 Range LO Play LoRes if HiRes is offline Video Output Type Output Video Definition When selected enables the deinterlacer menu hi res files only Field to enter the jog range in hi res Field to enter the jog range in lo res Play the low resolution file if the high resolution file is not available e g archived Possible values 1 lt enabled 0 disabled Option list to select the video output type Possible values VGA PCXI PCX2 PCX3 Option list to select the default video output mode for VGA and PCX3 Possible values SD HD1080i LIST OF PARAMETERS FOR XEDIO IMPORTER The Xedio Importer profile gives access to the following list of parameters Cemediaimport Audio Track Assignment Dialog Kmt P2 PlayXTClip PlayXTTrain When selected enables the display of audio track assignment dialog tab in the Setup window during an import When selected allows import of RTD files When selected allows import of files with P2 format Wh
106. r of the Player to representa log with a ranking assigned Color used in the media bar of the Player to representa log with a ranking assigned Color used in the media bar of the Player to representa log with a ranking assigned When selected the on air date of an edit is mandatory When selected shows the ArchiveMgr TAB in CleanEdit When selected shows the Devices TAB When selected shows the Edit TAB When selected shows the EditMgr TAB When selected shows the Header Maker TAB When selected shows the Medialmporter TAB When selected shows the MediaMgr TAB When selected shows the Playout TAB When selected shows the ProjectMgr TAB When selected shows the Export TAB When selected shows the Scheduler TAB When selected shows the CharacterGenerator TAB When selected shows the VoiceOver TAB When selected shows the VTR TAB Color used in the media bar of the Player to representa log entered by the logged user Archive Archive Default Priority Field to enter a value corresponding to the default archive request priority This value is transmitted when the system is integrated with DIVA Possible values from 0 to 100 with 0 disabled 1 Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Archive Archive Hi Res Archive Low Res Delete Hi Res Delete Low Res Restore Default Priority Restore Hi Res Restore Low Res Check Locked Med
107. r storage displays the folders present in the path selected for use as media server Rename Media Allows to update the media server label Server 35 Issue 4 1 D 36 Menu Item Delete Media Server Xedio S uite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Description Deletes the media server view in the Media Servers window Modify Media Server Description Opens the Media Server Modification window allowing to update the label or description of the media server Media File Cleaner Opens the Media File Cleaner window Refer to section 12 Media File Cleaner on page 127 for more information A contextual menu is available when you select a folder in the list and then right click Menu Item New Media Server Description Adds a media server storage displays the folders present in the path selected for use as media server Default Folder Name Files Directory Sets the selected folder as default folder for the type of files bitmaps video files thumbnails etc The folder icon is then green This is only necessary when multiple storage servers are created in the system This tells the system to use a specific storage server for some files and another server for other files The Default folders may be changed at any time without losing previously stored material Example for the HIRES folder the option is Default HiResFiles Directory and sets
108. r workstations Issue 4 1 D 3 3 3 3 3 4 14 Field Physical Low Bitrate Encoder Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Description Select the low bitrate if applicable physical encoder to be part of the logical encoder With a XEDIO 1 0 encoder model selecting one of the physical encoder channels automatically allocates the other channel of the physical encoder to the corresponding low bitrate or high bitrate field Physical High Bitrate Encoder Xedio Ingest IP address Select the high bitrate physical encoder to be part of the logical encoder IP address of the server hosting the Xedio Ingest Organizer module controlling the encoder Xedio Ingest TCP Port Port of the server hosting the Xedio module Ingest Organizer Switcher Output Output of the switcher to which the encoder is connected Color Background color of the encoder channel in the Xedio Scheduler The color palette is available by clicking the Color button and then selecting a color from the drop down list Position Position of the encoder channel in the Xedio Scheduler Description Optional text to describe the logical encoder This will appear in a ToolTip when placing the pointer over the corresponding logical encoder name in the list on the left MODIFYING THE LOGICAL ENCODER PROPERTIES To modify the properties of a logical encoder select it in the
109. rkstation Indeed at first run of Xedio Ingest Organizer the group membership is set Logical Encoder Group Manager group 1 Logical encoder s CDM 1 CDM 2 CREATING A GROUP OF LOGICAL CHANNELS To create a group of logical encoders complete the following fields and then click on the Create button The group name is added to the list on the left side of the window Field Description Label Give a name to the group of logical encoder Description Optional text to describe the group of logical encoders Logical Encoders Select the logical encoders to group together Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 3 4 3 3 5 g Note 1 A group of logical channels restricts the amount of available channels for specific Xedio Ingest Organizer workstations There is one default group called GLOBAL that allows a Xedio Ingest Organizer workstation to see all channels when it is selected 9 Note 2 To finalize encoders configuration it is necessary to store the CDM encoders mapped drive in the database see section 6 2 4 Setting the CDM Encoder Mapped Drive on page 37 DELETING A GROUP OF ENCODERS To be able to delete a group of encoders you first need to clear the logical encoders boxes and press the Update button Then right clicking the group name will show you a contextual menu with the Delete option SCHEDULER When you click t
110. rning message when the Stop button is clicked Auto Aspect Ratio Audiol monitoring a Audio2 monitoring a Audio3 monitoring a Audio4 monitoring a Audio5 monitoring a Audio6 monitoring a Audio7 monitoring a Audio8 monitoring a Goto End Goto Next Transition Automatically applies the default aspect ratio Toggle monitoring of the player audio stereo 1 Toggle monitoring of the player audio Toggle monitoring of the player audio Toggle monitoring of the player audio Toggle monitoring of the player audio Toggle monitoring of the player audio Toggle monitoring of the player audio Toggle monitoring of the player audio Jumps to the end of the edit stereo 2 stereo 3 stereo 4 stereo 5 stereo 6 stereo 7 stereo 8 Jumps to next transition in regard to the selected tracks 101 Issue 4 1 D 102 Recorder Goto Next Transition b Goto Previous Transition Goto Previous Transition b Goto Start Next Frame Next Frame b Next X Frames a Next X Frames b Play Stop Play Forward Play from Next Transition Preview Previous Transition Play Reverse Preload Previous Frame a Previous Frame b Previous X Frames a Previous X Frames b Apply Roll Changes Roll left and right Cancel Roll Changes Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Jumps to next transition in regard to the selected
111. rs Machines Manages interactions with external devices such as VTR archive servers XFile and EVS servers Medias Manages all media and associated storage structure as referenced in the database Metadata Manages the creation of metadata profiles which could be associated to media Playouts Manages the playout servers used by the Xedio Suite Softwares Sets up all software parameters and allows the creation of parameter profiles Tools Manages database content and users jobs Issue 4 1 D Xedio S uite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Subject Purpose Users Manages users and access rights Each category provides access to a series of items Once a category tab is selected its specific items are shown as icons Select any of these icons to display its relevant interface in the Work area Refer to the different chapters of the present manual for complete information on each category managed by Xedio Manager 2 23 3 THE WORK AREA The Work area is only active when an item is selected in one category from the Outlook area Thus the window displayed in the Work area depends on the selected item Parameters are set from this area 2 2 4 THE LOGBOOK AREA The Logbook area lists the operations that the user performs in the database and their status If a problem occurs an error message is added in the list At the Same time the application saves all this inform
112. s below the nowline in two pieces in regard to the selected tracks Toggle the selection of all timeline audio tracks Toggle the selection of the stereo track 1 Toggle the selection of the stereo track 2 Toggle the selection of the stereo track 3 Toggle the selection of the stereo track 4 Toggle the selection of the stereo track 5 Toggle Blank Fill mode on off Toggle Insert and Overwrite modes Toggle the selection of the video track Calls video clip effects dialog box Calls video transition effects dialog box 105 Issue 4 1 D 9 3 5 9 3 6 106 Xedio S uite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Voiceover Mark IN Sets a marker for the start of voice over Mark OUT Sets a marker for the end of voice over Play from IN of last VO Plays from the beginning of the last voice over record with P reroll Play from OUT of last Plays from the end of the last voice over record with VO Preroll Start Record Starts the recording of voice over Stop Record Stops the recording of voice over LisT OF XEDIO PLAYOUT ORGANIZER KEYBOARD KEYS ASSIGNMENTS The Xedio Playout Organizer keyboard profile gives access to the following list of parameters General Cue Cues the media Next Skips the playout of the media and plays the next one Play Plays the media Prev Skips the playout of the media and plays the previous one Stop Stops the playout of media ToggleLoop Toggles the play m
113. ss to read only records cannot be created or modified Timeline Audio Auto FX Audio Effects Audio Fade IN Dur Audio Fade IN Pos Audio Fade OUT Dur Audio Fade OUT Pos Audio Level Adjust Audio Level Max Audio X Fade Dur Audio X Fade Pos Block Font Height When selected enables automatic audio transition effect When selected enables graphical audio transition effects adjustments when zooming audio tracks Field to enter the duration in fields of the audio fade effect at the IN point This will be displayed in the fx dialog box Audio fade tab Option list to select the position of the audio fade effect at the IN point This will be displayed in the fx dialog box Possible values None Before OUT Centered After OUT Field to enter the duration in fields of the audio fade effect at the OUT point This will be displayed in the fx dialog box Audio fade tab Option list to select the position of the audio fade effect at the OUT point This will be displayed in the fx dialog box Possible values None Before OUT Centered After OUT Field to enter the default audio level value to displayed in the FX dialog box Field to enter the maximum audio level adjustment value to be displayed in the FX dialog box Field to enter the default audio fade duration to be displayed in the fx dialog box Audio fade tab Option list to select the audio cross fade position Possible va
114. t December 2011 Displayed Criteria Fields month no other field appears tomorrow Number Such as DB 19 Select a logical operator in the first field and then enter a number in the second field 9 Note means differs from Option List Such as Video Select a condition in the first field Standard Click the to display the list of options available for the selected filter parameter Example for the Video Standard VideoStandard M ILLE 10801 50 720 250 E 1080 250 NTSC drop SD L 10801 59 94 W up 720 259 94 HD 1080 59 94 Select an option from the list Boolean Select Yes or No from the single criteria field Such as Published Free Text contains Such as Label contains does not contain starts with ends with Select a condition in the first field and then enter text in the second field Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 How to Perform a Search through Filter Fields To enter search values in the Filter fields proceed as follows 1 2 Choose columns you wish to perform a search Click the Show Hide Filter button The following Filter area is displayed LJ ALL Criteria are met Select a criteria combination from the list ALL Criteria are met ALL Criteria are met ANY Criteria is met NO Criteria is met Select a filter p
115. t December 2011 When selected displays the AFX button above the timeline When selected displays the Align Left button above the timeline When selected displays the Align Right button above the timeline When selected displays the Blank Clear button above the timeline When selected displays the Blank Delete button above the timeline When selected displays the Blank Fill button above the timeline When selected displays the Cue Tool button above the timeline When selected displays the Select All button after before nowline above the timeline When selected displays the Color Insert button above the timeline When selected displays the Extend button above the timeline When selected displays the Extend Slow button above the timeline When selected displays the Extend Still button above the timeline When selected displays the FX button used to call the FX the dialog box above timeline When selected displays the In Out Delete button above the timeline When selected displays the A B button above the timeline When selected displays the Mark Clip button above the timeline When selected displays the Mark In button above the timeline When selected displays the Mark Out button above the timeline When selected displays the Mark Reset button above the Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 TL Buttons Move Frame Ov
116. t and the disks capacity Monitoring xedioadl Virtual Media 6 VirtualMedia pge 0001 Projects PHI Clips 5 xedioadl Virtual Clips 66 edioadl Edits 6 PHI PlayLists z Playlist 1 Scheduler a XSTORE70110 121 Issue 4 1 D 11 1 122 Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 11 Users INTRODUCTION The users authorized to access the Xedio Suite are defined in Xedio Manager under the Users category Three items are available in the Users category They are detailed in the table below ib Manager Origin Manager Lm License Manager Item Description Manager Manages the users and access rights Origin Manager Manages the user groups License Manager Allows software connection to database Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 11 2 USER MANAGER Issue 4 1 D 11 2 1 INTRODUCTION Login and access rights have to be defined and stored into the database before being able to use any of the Xedio Suite software When you click the Users Manager button the Users Manager window is displayed in the Work area Users Manager Account Enabled First Name Login User Origin Description Softwares Setup Manager CleanE dit CleanGest edio Playout Organiser edio Approval Monitor edio Importer
117. ter Profiles button the Softwares Parameter Profiles window is displayed in the Work area It is divided into three areas Softwares Parameter Profiles Headermaker Timeline Button Default Value Variant Value Li Description 1 Application Selection area This area displays the applications icons for which it is possible to manage parameters and profiles 2 Profile Selection area This area displays the available profiles that can be managed relating to the selected application 3 Parameters area This area gives the list of parameters They can be edited and modified there 9 Note Each Xedio application must have been started and have written registry for its corresponding icons to be available 68 Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 9 2 2 POSSIBLE ACTIONS WITH CONTEXTUAL MENU A contextual menu is available when an application is selected in the Application Selection area and you right click in the Profile Selection Area Menu Item Description New Opens the New Param Profile window where you can enter a name for the new profile in the Label field Modify Opens the Modify Param Profile window allowing to update the label or description of the selected parameter profile Delete Deletes the selected parameter profile 9 Note It is not possible to remove a profile that is currently i
118. tes thumbnails IN and OUT Thumbnails are displayed provided that the Show Thumbnails box is selected and that the Thumb IN and Thumb OUT columns are made visible Used by Opens a window to show in which projects and edits the selected clip is used in Edits Manager Dl Edit DB Id Class Duration 2 News Report Last E 00 00 28 12 3 News Report 4 News Report 5 News Report 6 Highlights Short 7 News Report 8 News Report 9 News Repor Edit Menu Item Deleted State 00 01 04 10 00 01 04 10 00 01 04 10 00 00 26 02 00 00 12 13 00 00 12 13 00 16 11 04 Description Aspect Ratio ransmission Date On Air Date pug Edit 001 71 10 2009 14 22 17 23 10 2009 13 37 17 16 9 Edit_001 26 10 2009 14 53 34 J6 10 2003 15 51 10 4 3 Edit 001 Duplicatec 6 10 2009 14 49 17 2 01 2010 10 54 02 4 3 Edit 001 Duplicatec 6 10 2009 14 53 23 6 10 2009 14 53 23 4 3 Rugby Edit 1 23 10 2009 13 44 33 28 10 2009 11 11 05 16 9 Concert 1 28 10 2009 09 06 18 28 10 2009 09 42 29 16 9 Concert 1 28 10 2009 11 10 50 28 10 2009 11 11 41 16 9 Concert 1 8 10 2009 11 12 02 28 10 2009 12 43 25 15 9 Description Allows to change the delete status Delete Edit s amp Purge See section 10 3 4 Delete amp Purge on page 119 Force Delete Deletes an edit with all the references of its use in the database as well as the media contained in the edit This option must be used very cautiously Export
119. the Application Selection area and you right click in the Profile Selection Area Refer to section 9 2 2 Possible Actions with Contextual Menu for the parameters profiles on page 69 for a description of the various options How TO EDIT A KEYBOARD SHORTCUT To edit a keyboard shortcut proceed as follows 1 Select the application for which you want to edit the keyboard shortcut 2 Select the profile to be edited 3 Double click on an existing shortcut definition in the Variant Keyboard Functions column 4 Enter the new shortcut in the Key Assignator dialog box It can be a combination with SHIFT ALT CTRL etc 5 Press the OK button 6 Press the Save button at the bottom of the window to save the selected profile Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 9 3 4 Issue 4 1 D 9 Note The Default profile can also be edited List OF XEDIO CLEANEDIT KEYBOARD KEYS ASSIGNMENTS The CleanEdit keyboard profile gives access to the following lists of parameters tabs General Player Focus Player Full Screen Recorder Focus Recorder Full Screen Sets focus on player window Zoom player window to full screen Sets focus on recorder window Zoom recorder window to full screen Redo Redoes last operation Undo a Undoes last operation Undo b Undoes last operation secondary shortcut Browser Delete Deletes selected item Duplicate Current E dit I
120. tion New Root Creates a new class of program A contextual menu is available when you select a class in the list and then right click Menu Item Description New Root Creates a new class of program New Child Creates a new sub class of program Rename Allows to rename the selected class or sub class Modify Opens the Modify Class window allowing to update the label or description of the selected class or sub class Delete Deletes the selected class or sub class Hidden State Hides Unhides the selected class or sub class so users cannot can use it Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 10 3 10 3 1 10 3 2 PROJECTS CLIPS EDITS PLAYLISTS MANAGER INTRODUCTION The Projects Clips Edits and Playlists Manager tools are designed to show an overview of the database content They make it possible to edit properties and remove undesired items from the database Edits may also be recovered after deletion by a user When you click the Projects Manager Clips Manager Edits Manager or Playlists Manager button the corresponding Manager window is displayed in the Work area Each of these manager tools has a similar interface with 2 areas The upper part of the Work area shows a list of icons These buttons give access to the different filters to be applied to the media list The element grid displays the content present in the data
121. ton in the CleanE dit interface When selected displays the Default Audio Channel buttons When selected displays the timecodes IN and OUT in the timeline blocks When selected enables the External Graphics tab in tag properties dialog box When selected enables the Logo Insertion tab in tag properties dialog box When selected enables the Viz tab in tag properties dialog box Field to enter the default tags duration When selected uses label list for tags Otherwise free text is used When selected enables the Tag Properties dialog box and the Add Tag option from contextual menu When selected enables the Label field in the External Graphics tab of the Tags dialog box When selected enables the Template field in the External Graphics tab of the Tags dialog box When selected enables automatic video transition effect Field to enter the length of the clip created with the color insertion tool Option list to select the color of the clip created with the color insertion tool video transition effects When selected enables adjustments 85 Issue 4 1 D 86 TL Buttons Afx Align Left Align Right Blank Clear Blank Delete Blank Fill Cue Clip Selector Color Insert Extend Extend Slow Extend Still Fx In Out Delete Invert Mark Clip Mark IN Mark OUT Mark Reset Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipmen
122. u to change the treated state of the media between Treated and Not Treated A media can be set as treated when virtual media have been created from this media in Xedio Browse Deleted State Allows the selection of a sub menu to change the deleted state of the media between Deleted and Not Deleted Video Standard Allows to change the metadata for the media to PAL or NTSC and vice versa This only affects the flag in the metadata and does not affect the media to allow for a correction in the data only Video Ratio Allows to change the metadata for the media between 4 3 16 9 and unknown This only affects the flag in the metadata and does not affect the media to allow for a correction in the data only Media File s Status Allows the selection of sub menu to change the status of the low bitrate file or the high bitrate file between Rec Done Imported Rec Error Archived ArchiDel Restored Deleted and Imported Error Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Menu Item Set Audio Track Assignment Properties Delete Media amp Purge Issue 4 1 D Description Allows to set or update the audio track assignment for selected media 8 audio or 5 1 Refer to section How to Define New Default Audio Channel Assignment on page 12 for explanation Displays the properties for the selected media If a default metadata profile has been defined for the media a met
123. ue in the list typically 352 for the lo res and 720 for the hi res for a CDM MPEG2 Video Choose PAL or NTSC standard Standard Format Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager Issue 4 1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Setting Video Bitrate Description Video encoding bitrate entered as a bit sec number For example 8Mb s is entered as 8000000 TC Config Defines the timecode inserted in the encoded file e vitc the timecode is based on the video source signal Select vitc for all encoders in lo res hi res configuration local time the timecode is taken from the CDM encoder local time e encoder config the timecode is managed by the encoder itself from the CDM Manager application Audio Number of audio channels to encode and multiplex Numbers This is related to the audio configuration table that defines the audio parameters for the encoded file Video Ratio Selection between 16 9 and 4 3 formats for encoding When you have done the required modifications click on the Update button to send the new parameters values to the encoder hardware CDM 2 AND CDM 3 ENCODING PARAMETERS 25 CDMHIRES Channel Issue 4 1 D 3 2 4 3 2 5 12 Xedio S uite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 The available parameters for CDM 2 and CDM 3 are the following Setting Description Profile Encoding profile use
124. ult base name for a new clip 79 Issue 4 1 D 80 Browser Video standard selection Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 When selected enables the selection of the video standards Cefiltermgr Allow Change Edit Properties Allow Change Media Properties Max Date Interval Max Result Set Size Recent Date List Cemediaimport Allow to Backup XTIXS clip Audio Track Assignment Dialog Kmt P2 PlayXTClip PlayXTTrain Stills Stills Keys Video Wave XDCam When selected allows the user to change edit properties in Edit Manager media When selected allows the user to properties in Media Manager change Field to define the maximum date interval in days which can be used when a search filter is applied on a date parameter 0 2 no limit Field to define the maximum number of items which will be displayed in the result list after a search filter has been applied 0 2 no limit Free text field to define the dates to be displayed in recent dates drop down lists When selected allows to backup to local storage all Edit Clip in Direct Access to XT XS If this parameter is selected the Make Local option is available for Edit When selected Enables the display of audio track assignment dialog tab in the Setup window during an import When selected Allows import of RTD files When selected Allows import of files with P2 f
125. umps to previous x frames x is defined in the software profile Toggle all player audio Rewinds at 25 speed Rewinds at 3396 speed Rewinds at 5096 speed Rewinds at 100 speed Rewinds at 150 speed Rewinds at 200 speed Rewinds at 400 speed Goes forward at 2596 speed Goes forward at 3396 speed Goes forward at 5096 speed Goes forward at 100 speed Goes forward at 150 speed Goes forward at 200 speed Goes forward at 400 speed Stops playing the media Changes the aspect ratio Playout Goto IN Next Frame Play Stop Previous Frame Rewind 2596 Rewind 3396 Rewind 5096 Jumps to the IN point Jumps to next frame Starts stops to play the media Jumps to previous frame Rewinds at 2596 speed Rewinds at 3396 speed Rewinds at 5090 speed Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Playout Rewind 100 Rewind 150 Rewind 200 Rewind 400 Forward 25 Forward 33 Forward 50 Forward 100 Forward 150 Forward 200 Forward 400 Stop Toggle Stop Warning Recorder Rewinds at 100 speed Rewinds at 150 speed Rewinds at 200 speed Rewinds at 400 speed Goes forward at 25 speed Goes forward at 33 speed Goes forward at 50 speed Goes forward at 100 speed Goes forward at 150 speed Goes forward at 200 speed Goes forward at 400 speed Stops the recorder Issue 4 1 D Selects or clears the Stop Warning option in the Playout tab This option displays a wa
126. yboard to the MOS as soon as it is exported To Edit from Xedio Cutter Enables automatic Edit ID generation and selects the generation method Possible values e None e 1008 unique in the DB but maybe not across several DB e UUID Universally Unique Identifier UmID When selected sets the edit ID property to read only Option list to select the Program Class to be used by default when the exported storyboards are published to the MOS Allow to MOS publish exported edits option selected Possible values Program classes defined under Tools Program Class Manager When selected sets the Program Class even if the Read only Edit ID option has been selected 93 Issue 4 1 D 94 Cefiltermgr Allow Change Media Properties Max Date Interval Max Result Set Size Recent Date List Player Auto Clip IN Auto Clip OUT Jog Range HI Range LO PrevNextX Shift Speed Max Speed Max XT Clip Creation Time Tolerance XT Stream Creation Time Tolerance Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User Manual Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 When selected allows the user to change the media properties in Media Manager Field to define the maximum date interval in days which can be used when a search filter is applied on a date parameter 0 no limit Field to define the maximum number of items which will be displayed in the result list after a search filter has been applied 0

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