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1. Duration a A nn na LB 23 01 2010 11 54 32 2 23 02 2010 11 54 32 Clip Name LUXETV Filler_Escape 1 mov LUXETV Filler_Escape 2 mov LUXETV Filler_Escape 3 mov LUXETV Filler_Escape 2 Apple ProRes 422 HQ mov LUXETV Filler_Escape 3 Apple ProRes 422 HQ mov LUXETV Filler_Escape 1 SD mov LUXETV Filler_Escape 2 SD mov LUXETV Filler_Escape 3 SD mov LUXETV Filler_Escape 1 Apple ProRes 422 HQ mov First Diff 11 02 10 18 13 11 02 10 18 13 12 02 10 11 01 12 02 10 11 15 12 02 10 11 18 12 02 10 11 24 12 02 10 11 27 12 02 10 11 30 12 02 10 11 32 Start Date Diff Last Diff 15 02 10 15 44 15 02 10 16 04 12 02 10 11 01 22 02 10 15 28 22 02 10 15 28 22 02 10 15 28 22 02 10 15 28 22 02 10 15 28 22 02 10 15 28 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services Total Duration 00 05 52 00 05 54 00 09 37 00 00 04 00 00 05 00 02 56 00 02 57 00 03 12 00 00 02 End Date Diff Duration Once you have selected the desired period and found the desired clips you can then click on one of the following y Exporta Tab separated file that will hold all the detailed information each time jt was broadcasted for all the clips shown in the upper part of the window a Exporta Tab separated file that will hold only the totals for all the clips shown in 2 the upper part of the window Prints a pre designed report with all the Totals and Details informations I 59 OnTheAir Vid
2. _In Out Points Splitting Current Time 00 00 38 21 _MIDI Chan 0 15 Note 1 255 0 0 Volume 0 dB Logo Overlay Default B _Actions badiy Field Priority 1 Reverse Field Priority Time Action Parameter 00 00 00 00 ComingNext Escape to the wild Go To Time Move Action Delete Lo In this Actions window select a position in this clip when you want the Action to be triggered then click on New OnTheAir Video will create a new line with 3 columns e Time the start TC of the Action starting at 00 00 00 00 at the beginning of the clip e Action the Action that you can choose among the saved AppleScripts in the Actions folder e Parameter a parameter you can pass in the AppleScripts mainly used for coming next for example You can add more then one Action per Clip and when you select one of the line you will be able to e Go To Time move the playhead to the position at which the Action will be triggered e Move Action move the Action start time to the current playhead position e Delete Delete the Action Once you have set an Action to a clip you will see a A icon on the clip indicating that you have an Action on that clip 00 11 43 21 LUXETV Filler_Escape 1 5D mov 00 02 55 20 EN A Q OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services I 63 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services Advanced
3. action at the end of the last playlist played before 17 00 00 but then the start of the LIVE will depend on the exact duration of the playlist Also in this example when we go out of LIVE this is a timed event so at 19 00 00 the PlaylistE vpls will start playing even if the LIVE is not finished This is good if you want to make sure to finish the LIVE precisely at that time but you generally don t know what happens You could then not prepare that playlistE in the Schedule and just start it manually at around 19 00 00 when the LIVE show is finished you will then have to adapt its duration add or remove some clips so the next timed event chains properly IV 69 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services Building a redundant System PAS About redundancy with OnTheAir Video IV 70 On the website we have a document called Fully Redundant System Diagram Download it and have a look at it to have a better understanding but in short with OnTheAir Video you can achieve redundancy by having 2 different MacPros with 2 full licenses of OnTheAir Video Each of this MacPro will have a Video card For the storage you have a few options e Each computer has its own storage The good thing is that in case one of the storage fail you still have a backup But it will also mean that you will have to copy each files on two different locations and make sure to respect the same hierarchy in your Files Folders
4. Edit Actions button It will open a window with a preview then browse your clip choose the moment when the Action must be run and click on New Current Time 00 00 00 00 Current Time 00 01 40 24 A e Os y A a 4 1 Time Action Parameter Tine rer ere EEE Y Applescript Website ION CrawlLowerThirdON eC New Cancel OK Cancel OK A new line is created In the first column you can see at which timecode the Action will be run the second column lets you choose the Action you want The third column called parameter lets you specify a parameter within the Action For example you created in OnTheAir CG an animation for lower third You can say that the parameter here will be the name of the person So you don t have to go in OnTheAir CG to type the name It will be done automatically from here You can set what will be the parameter in the AppleScript you created OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services The Actions have been implemented specially to control External devices such as our application OnTheAir CG Animated Graphics Overlay or any Video Router via TCP IP using the Ethernet connection GPI using GPICommander our application and our USB to GPI converter RS 422 using for example Matrix Commander one of our application and a USB to serial converter like Keyspan For more information on Actions and OnTheAir CG please refer to OnTh
5. Softron Media Services OnTheAir Video User Manual 2010 Softron Media Services All rights reserved Contents PART I Welcome to OnTheAir Video Chapter 1 About OnTheAir Video e Some quick facts e The different versions of OnTheAir Video e About the differences with OnTheAir Node Chapter 2 Hardware System Requirements e Computer Requirements e Video Audio output e Storage e Supported Codecs File format e About Audio Formats e About File Wrappers QuickTime AVI MXF e About VANC e Closed Captioning with OnTheAir Video e Teletext with OnTheAir Video e 16 9 and 4 3 signals e Generating Cue Tone PART II Setting up OnTheAir Video Chapter 3 Installing and licensing Chapter 4 OnTheAir Video e Installing OnTheAir Video e Using OnTheAir Video in DEMO mode e Licensing OnTheAir Video Chapter 5 Setting up OnTheAir Video e About Video Card Settings e OnTheAir Video Preferences Playback e OnTheaAir Video Preferences Defaults e OnTheaAir Video Preferences Timecode e OntTheAir Video Preferences Logo Overlay e OntTheAir Video Preferences Files Folders e OnTheAir Video Preferences Scheduling PART Ill Using OnTheAir Video Chapter 6 Overview of the User Interface e Time Indicators e Playback Modes e Playback Controls e Display Options e Playlist e Clip Settings Drawer Chapter 7 Menus Overview e Menu File e Menu Edit e Menu Tools e Menu Window e Menu Help OnTheAir Video 2 5 User
6. Play Next Clip Stop Pause Play Play Next Clip gt 54 Display Options CEE EL Show Thumbnails El Hide Playback Controls You can choose different Display Modes for your playlists Show Thumbnails you can show or hide the thumbnails of the playlist When you show the thumbnails it shows some other information on the clip as well in the Filename column It will show Last modification of the clip the different audio languages the in and out TC points and an icon symbolizing the Clip end behavior More info on that page 38 Hide Playback Controls you can also show or hide the Playback Controls When they are hidden the Playback control for this playlist is deactivated even the space bar Play Stop function so that you can not stop a clip in error This option is automatically enabled when a 1 33 playlist is opened by the Scheduler Drawer More informations on the that in chapter 4 6 Eo 0 item s in list Show Clip Settings Drawer clicking on that button opens up the clip Settings Settings Will open up a window where you will be able to modify the relative start time of the playlist this is only an information it is not the same option as the TC start option nor is it the schedule option i OnTheAir Video Playlist Elapsed 00 22 54 00 02 42 Remaining _ _ _ _ _ gt ___ _ QQ YY gt Playback
7. 00 05 00 2010 02 12 16 01 11 EN M 00 00 00 00 bu 00 00 05 00 DemoPhantom SD mov 00 03 15 24 2009 05 20 19 35 55 EN M i Parameter 4 Then you will edit the first playlist after the LIVE which in our example is PlaylistE vpls and make sure that on the beginning of the first clip you place the Live End Action so when this playlist start OnTheAir Switch will change the Source of the Video to Air from the Studio back to OnTheAir Video output LA Elapsed 00 00 00 DO 00 Remaining Current Time 00 00 00 00 Chain Loop Cue BTICStuar Show Thumbnails B Hide Playback Controls 550 item s in list Start Time Thumbnail Filename 19 00 00 00 DemoPhantom SD mov 00 03 15 24 2009 DO 19 35 55 EN amp A 19 03 15 24 ShowReel Apple ProRes 422 mov 00 03 34 19 2010 02 10 14 55 16 EN M i Parameter 19 06 50 18 bu Softron_Crowd_AppleProRes Apple 00 00 05 00 2010 02 10 14 55 29 EN M 19 06 55 18 Softron_MovieRecorder_AppleProRes 00 00 10 00 PNR 2010 02 10 14 55 46 EN M k A 19 07 05 18 AntoineAnnecour_DVCPRO mov 00 01 00 00 le 2005 08 05 16 21 07 EN M 4 IV 68 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services With this example you will see that the LIVE playlist will start exactly at 18 00 05 at the end of the first jingle clip cutting whatever is playing from the previous playlist so make sure to build correctly the previous playlist You can also decide to add the LIVE Start
8. 21 FERMETURE CANAL NEW dv 00 00 14 00 00 00 00 2004 04 05 14 49 32 0 O I 34 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services I 35 Color Codes in playlists A clip tinted in b ue indicates it is selected A clip tinted in green there will also be a green triangle on the Thumbnail indicates that the clip is now playing A clip tinted in red there will also be a red round sign on the thumbnail indicates that OnTheAir Video didn t find the clip Maybe the clip and or the folder in which it was has been moved or renamed Be careful when you move rename or delete Files and or folders OnTheAir Video checks for the clips in the playlist only when the playlist opens up If you want to check it after the playlist has been open press F1 or select File gt Check for missing clips A clip preceded by a grey lock is a clip locked because it is already buffered It can neither be moved nor erased The duration of the buffer can be set in the preferences It is set by default to 10 seconds This means that 10 seconds before the end of the playing clip the next clip will be locked Symbols Refer to chapter 4 6 to know how to modify these be Clip End Behavior Stop At End Clip End Behavior Hold Last Frame Clip End Behavior Play Next clip Clip End Behavior Loop Shows that in and or out points are set Shows that Actions are set on the clip Operations in the playlist Within the pla
9. 31 15 699 Be aware that these indications deal with the modification of the file itself and not the clip in the playlist If you modified the in out points in the playlist this will not change the Modification Date But if you change your clip with QuickTime and save it this will change the modification date and time information Il 23 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services 44 OnTheAir Video Preferences Timecode It is possible to start playing an individual clip in sync with a timecode This timecode can given by the internal clock of the Mac or you can use an Adrienne Converter box that will convert LTC to a RS422 Adrienne protocol You will then connect the RS422 connector to the RSS422 connector of your video card and select it as the RS422 input You can also set your own NTP Network Time Protocol server and set your Mac to synchronize to this NTP instead of the standard Apple Time Servers e O O Prefe ren ces Playback Defaults Logo Overlay Files Folders Scheduling TC Source Built in clock Bl TC Offset 13 frames M Show TC in a floating window Il 24 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services D 45 OnTheAir Video Preferences Logo Overlay You can overlay static logos and graphics files with OnTheAir Video These graphics must be saved in png tiff or psd format RGB with transparency and with the same size
10. 59 05 Indigenes FRENCH DVDRip REPACK 01 58 16 06 Je Vais Bien Ne T En Fais Pas DVDRIP By 01 31 33 10 09 00 00 10 00 00 11 00 00 12 00 00 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services Hardware System Requirements gt 2 1 Computer Requirements OnTheAir Video requires e MacPro computer can also run on PowerMac G5 but only single playback e Minimum 4 GB RAM for Single playback 8GB for HD single dual playback or dual SD playback e Mac OS X version 10 5 8 or later e QuickTime 7 6 or later e one or more video output AJA Blackmagic Design Matrox This is not possible to output with the DVI Mini DisplayPort output gt 2 2 Video Audio output OnTheAir Video requires at least one Video Card to output video and audio signals Brands such as AJA Blackmagic Design or Matrox are supported To know which cards are Supported at the time of reading have a look at the Softron website on the OnTheAir Video Specifications page Some cards support to have more than one card installed in one Mac AJA since drivers 7 5 and Decklink since drivers 5 8 This enables you to have multiple output from one Mac However be aware that doing multiple Video output can be very demanding in terms of CPU Memory and Storage read rate Always test your configuration with a DEMO version so you are sure it will sustain the data rate and contact us to have advises Most drivers will be supp
11. Features IV 64 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services Handling Live events A Basics Unlike with OnTheAir Node and OnTheAir Manager there is no real Live event in OnTheAir Video However it is of course possible to handle Live events in OnTheAir Video Here is how you can proceed First to handle Live events in OnTheAir Video you need to use the application OnTheAir Switch OnTheAir Switch is an application that enables to control almost any Video Routers from the Mac To check the list of supported Video Routers go to the OnTheAir Switch specification page of the softron website http www softron tv products accessory ontheair_switch specs html On this page you will see the curent list of supported Routers but if yours is not in the list Simply send us an email telling us your brand and giving us the serial protocol used and we will most probably be able to develop a plugin for you Video Router OnTheAir Switch controls Video Routers using serial communications You will then need to connect your Mac to the Video Router with RS232 Keyspan USB to RS232 Once your Mac is connected to the Video Router and have the OnTheAir Switch application installed you can start it Status Connected Disconnected to the Video Router Refresh refreshes the status of the different sources destinations Destinations can be renamed in preferences N P Sources pop up list can be renamed in
12. However you can control a Cue Tone Generator from OnTheAir Video You will simply add an Action see Actions chapter for more informations that will send a GPI trigger using GPI Commander to a cue tone generator OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services l 15 A V output A V cue tone A V signals USB GPI Contact OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services Setting up OnTheAir Video In this second part we will explain how you should set up your video card s preferences as well as how to set up the OnTheAir Video preferences Please read this section carefully Not only will it provide valuable information on how to set up your hardware and software correctly but also because much of the information provided will be helpful in your every day use of OnTheAir Video Il 16 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services Installing and licensing OnTheAir Video gt Il 17 3 1 Installing OnTheAir Video To install OnTheAir Video e Download it from our website s Downloads area e Double click on the OnTheAir_Video zip file to uncompress it e Drag and drop the Application file to you Applications folder on your Macintosh System drive That s it You can also drag amp drop the application to the Dock so it will be really easy to start quickly You can now open the OnTheAir Video folder in the Applicatio
13. Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services I 17 Il 17 Il 17 Il 17 Il 19 Il 19 Il 19 Il 21 Il 24 Il 25 Il 26 Il 28 IH 29 11 30 I 31 I 32 I 33 I 33 11 34 11 36 I 40 11 40 11 40 11 40 1 41 111 4 1 Chapter 8 How to create a playlist Basics Creating a playlist manually Creating a playlist in ASCII Creating a playlist in XML Third party integration Different ways for playing a playlist Chapter 9 Scheduling Basics Schedule Definition Preparing a Schedule with a text editor Preparing a Schedule with OnTheAir Tools Using a Schedule in OnTheAir Video Using the Absolute Start Time of playlists with the Schedule Other ways to Schedule OnTheAir Video Chapter 10 As run logs Configuring OnTheAir Video for As run logs Reading the As run logs files with a Text Editor Analyzing the As run logs files with OnTheAir Tools Chapter 11 Working with Actions What are the Actions How to create new Actions Actions Example Using Parameters Using Actions in OnTheAir Video PART IV Advanced Features Chapter 12 Handling Live events Basics Build the Actions to control your Video Router Using the Live Start and Live End Actions in OnTheAir Video Chapter 13 Building a redundant System About redundancy with OnTheAir Video Redundancy with OnTheAir Switch Redundancy with GPI Commander Chapter 14 Other Advanced features Automatic Logo insertion Controlling OnTheAi
14. OnTheAir CG Controller also have a Ticker tab which you can use to automatically update the ticker with an incoming RSS feed OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services ER Using GPI Commander in Live productions IV 75 When you are doing LIVE production some producers like to be able to control the playout from the Video Mixer The easiest for that is to use GPI Softron Media Services has built a USB to GPI converter called GPI Commander with 8 output and 24 input With GPI Commander installed on your computer simply connected to the USB port of your mac you can send and or receive GPI triggers This means that from the Vision Mixer you can start a clip when you press one button but also you can change the program output when the clip is finished playing So OnTheAir Video can be controlled by GPI triggers but it can also take control of devices using GPI outputs All that and more is explained in the GPI Commander user manual Program Out A V signals GPI Contact OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services
15. Setup Set up the page for printing e Print Prints the playlist Only the clips will be printed without the playback controls gt 6 2 Menu Edit e Undo Undo an action this option is not activated yet e Redo Redo an action after an Undo not activated yet e Cut Cut a clip from the playlist removes it from the playlist and place it in the Clip board e Copy Copies the clip leaves it in the playlist and place it in the clip board e Paste Pastes the clip from the Clip Board Place it on the top of the selected clip e Clear Erases the selected clip in the playlist e Select All Selects all the clips in the same playlist 6 3 Menu Tools e Show Schedule Shows the Schedule Window e Enable Disable Schedule e Re read Schedule re read the Schedule file to update the OTAV Schedule I 40 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services gt 64 Menu Window e Minimize Minimize the current Playlist window and place it in the Dock e Bring All To front Shows all the Playlists that were hidden by other Applications e Show Hide Schedule Window e At the bottom of this menu you can also see all the opened Playlists You can select and show them from here e Search will search in OnTheAir Video menus and Help topics for the Mac OS e OntTheAir Video Help Opens the OnTheAir Video Manual 1 41 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services How to create a playli
16. Start a e ee Z Show Thumbnails Hide Playback Controls 7 item s in list Chan 0 15 AE e 0 0 Start Time Thumbnail Filename 00 00 00 00 GENE COUP D ENVOI MUSIQUE dv00 01 24 team J Clear J 2004 04 23 10 54 07 EN aa Volume 00 01 24 10 Le 18396 sportrait 320 mp4 00 21 28 b 2006 06 07 16 03 19 EN O Logo Overlay logo Cityzen 16 9 pnc O a Actions Edit Actions 00 22 57 11 o Pub Asics dv 00 00 20 2006 10 20 15 24 40 EN Y Resize Position P set Clear 9 2004 09 07 12 18 28 EN O Kirby dv 00 02 00 2005 06 15 13 15 46 EN Y Field Priority gt Reverse Field Priority 00 23 22 11 00 23 17 10 m LU_PUBout_A dv 00 00 05 00 25 22 21 FERMETURE CANAL NEW dv 00 00 14 2004 04 05 14 49 32 EN B Clip end Behavior This option sets the way the selected clip s should end e Normal the clip will end as it is set in the Playback Mode for the playlist So if the playlist is in Chain Mode OnTheAir Video will play the next clip if it is not in Chain Mode OnTheAir Video will stop after playing the clip If the playlist is in cue Mode OnTheAir Video will select the next clip ready to be cued e Stop At End stops playing completely at the end of the clip e Hold Last Frame OnTheAir Video will stay on pause on the last frame e Play Next Clip Plays the next clip even if chain mode is not active e Loop OnTheAir Video will go back to the beginning of the clip and play it again I 36
17. The upper part of the Log analyzer window is the Totals part each clip will only be shown only once and each line will give you the following information e Clip Name the Clip Name as it was saved on your disk e First Diff the first time this clip was broadcasted in the specified range of date time e Last Diff the last time this clip was broadcasted in the specified range of date time e Count the total number of times the clip was broadcasted in the specified range of date time e Total duration how long in total the clip was broadcasted in the specified range I 58 When you click on one of these lines OnTheAir Tools will show in the lower part of the of date time 6800 O 23 01 2010 11 54 32 23 02 2010 11 54 32 Clip Name DemoPhantom SD mov LUXETV Filler_Jewellery SD mov 2500_i_0720x0576_AppleProRes LT mov DemoPhantom mov LUXETV ChampagneCastellane ENb mov UE EATA cte m the Oe mm eee aylist First Diff 11 02 10 18 13 11 02 10 18 13 12 02 10 11 01 12 02 10 11 15 12 02 10 11 18 ANINNIAN 11 90 Start Date Diff Last Diff 15 02 10 15 44 15 02 10 16 04 12 02 10 11 01 22 02 10 15 28 22 02 10 15 28 LUXETV Filler_Cars mov 12 02 10 11 24 22 02 10 15 28 16 00 04 14 LUXETV Filler_Escape 1 mov 12 02 10 11 27 22 02 10 15 28 16 00 05 52 LUXETV Filler_Escape 2 mov 12 02 10 11 30 22 02 10 15 28 16 00 05 54 LUXETV Filler_Escape 3 mov
18. The use clicked on Stop 2010 02 23 11 39 33 Tuesday MyPlaylist1 vpls Playback stopped manually Every time a clip is played a line is created with these info 2010 02 20 Date 11 19 38 Hour Wednesday Week Day MyPlaylistl vpls Name of the Playlist MANUAL CLIP START How clip was STARTED STOPPED MyClip1 mov Name of the Clip You can then use and import these data directly to Excel open it with Word or any software that enables you to analyze them However OnTheAir Video Provides a useful Tool called Log Analyzer in the application OnTheAir Tools You can download this application from our website I 56 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services gt 9 3 Analyzing the As run logs files with OnTheAir Tools OnTheAir Tools is a free separate application that should be located in the same folder as your OnTheAir Video application If not you can download the latest OnTheAir Video Application from the Softron website as the OnTheAir Tools application is bundled You can install OnTheAir Tools on any number of computers as this application is completely free When you start OnTheAir Tools you have a window with 2 buttons enabling you to start the Schedule Editor or Log analyzer windows Click on Log Analyzer How to analyze your logs Start Date Diff End Date Diff TQ Clip Name Total Duration Duration e Click on Log folder to s
19. To help you on that don t forget that you can use the Clip Folder root feature e The two computers read from the same shared storage The good thing is that you only have to order one hard drive and copy the files only to one location But of course if the shared storage fail you don t have a broadcast anymore e You can have a mix of the two with having the two computers reading from the Same shared storage BUT having a local copy at least on one of the Mac So in case you have the shared storage that fail you can still start up again from the local storage Now let s say each computer read from the shared storage Then you will place all these things in the shared storage e Clips e Playlists e Logos e Schedule File That way each computer will read the same data So when you add a clip a logo or modify a playlist or the schedule on the shared storage it will be updated for both computers And then using the same schedule the 2 computers will automatically open the same playlists at the same time of day being an easy to do redundant system However a few things to consider e As the playlists are simple documents once they are opened they can not be modified automatically on the two computers Each last minute changes to opened playlists will have to be done on the two computers that is one limitation that doesn t exist with OnTheAir Node and Manager e When you modify the Schedule file you have to Re read the
20. Wrangler The Schedule file must be e a Tab separated text e Incase of a follow no start date time you must keep the first 2 tab separators e in UTF 8 e Plain Text e each line separated by a return e date should be formatted as yyyy mm dd e time should be formatted as hh mm ss It should be formatted as follow Start Date Start Time Full path of Playlist LOOP 0 No 1 Yes ES Volumes Videos lay lists Play lista vpli g VideosPLo EN Volumes Yideo P layliste Ploy liste web 0 LUME WIDE LOY PLU LI CL CL ELTLLLOL CCLLI Volumes Video Plavlists PlavlietE vols A 100 11 B6 2089 11 06 FETS LLI HE 82 00 06 Timed Start 2000 11 06 12 30 00 Volumes Video P lavlists Playlist wpls B gt Volumes Video Plavlists Plavlist vpls B 2809 11 66 15 00 64 olumes Mideo Plavyliste Playlistc vples 1 2669 11 66 15 30 00 Yolumes Wideo Playlists Playlistb vpls 6 Follow Start Volumes VideosP lay lists PlaylistE vpls B Vo lumes Y ideo P lay lListe Ploylist vols A Yo lLumes Yideo Playliste Ploaylista vols 4 Vo Lumes Yideo P layliste Ploy list vols 4 2449 11 47 82 00 06 olumesWideo Plavylists Playlist vpls A The start date start time path and loop info are separated with a Tab In the case of a Follow when a playlist will start at the end of the previous playlist there will not be a date and time of start but you will need to keep
21. as a decimal number 00 23 Hour based on a 12 hour clock as a decimal number 01 12 Il 28 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services Using OnTheAir Video In this third part we will present OnTheAir Video user interface and explain how to use its advanced features 1 29 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services Overview of the User Interface 000 _Fapsed__ 00 22 54 99 54 9 5 4 MIMI Clip End Behaviour ADORO Normal 00 00 02 00 00 03 In Out Points Splitting a enamn E Loop we Lue we Iu Start Ra SS Show Thumbnails Hide Playback Controls 7 item s in list SRE eens O O F Learn 1 Clear 4 Volume 00 01 24 10 Fee es 18396 sportrait 320 mp4 00 21 28 0 dB 2006 06 07 16 03 19 EN E Logo Overlay logo Cityzen 16 9 pni H 0 _Actions C OnTheAir Video Playlist 00 00 00 00 GENE COUP D ENVOI MUSIQUE dv00 01 24 2004 04 23 10 54 07 EN L ciran F 00 22 57 11 Pub Asics dv 00 00 20 Edit Actions 2006 10 20 15 24 40 EW ral Resize Position f Set 1 Clear 5 00 23 17 10 LU_PUBout_A dv 00 00 05 mme mme m 2004 09 07 12 18 28 E O Field Priority Reverse Field Priority 00 23 22 11 Kirby dv 00 02 00 2005 06 15 13 15 46 EN wi 00 25 22 21 e D FERMETURE CANAL NEW dv 00 00 14 me 2004 04 05 14 49 32 EN a Time Indicators Will give you information about the Elapsed duration and remaining time of the current clip an
22. beginning of the clip Il 25 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services CET OnTheAir Video Preferences Files Folders Il 26 Clip Folder Use this preference if you want to create your playlists on a computer and air them with another This is often the case at TV stations where the playlists are created on a different computer than the one airing the clips Let s say you are preparing your playlists on computer A in which all the video clips are located in the folder Volumes DiskComputerA Videos clips Every time you will insert a clip in a playlist it will be referenced with its entire path name So for computer A the path referenced in the playlist when you save it will be Volumes DiskComputerA Videos clipname mov Then if you open the same playlist on computer B on which all the videos are located in Volumes DiskComputerB Clips all clips in the playlist will of course be offline as the path referenced in the playlist is the one for Computer A To be able to go from one computer to another with different paths for the same files we implemented this option in preferences of computer A Folder gt Clips Folder root choose the folder in which all your video files are located In our example Volumes DiskComputerA Videos From this point on OnTheAir Video will not reference this part of the path name in the playlist So when you add clips instead of referencing the full path
23. clips playlist will then look like this lt XML version 1 0 encoding UTF 8 gt lt DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC Apple DTD PLIST 1 0 EN http www apple com DTDs PropertyList 1 0 dtd gt lt plist version 1 0 gt lt dict gt lt key gt Clip 0 lt key gt lt dict gt lt key gt File Name lt key gt lt string gt MyMovie Titlel lt string gt lt key gt File Path lt key gt lt string gt Volumes Video MyMoviel mov lt string gt lt dict gt lt key gt Clip 1 lt key gt lt dict gt lt key gt File Name lt key gt lt string gt MyMovie Title2 lt string gt lt key gt File Path lt key gt lt string gt Volumes Video MyMoviel mov lt string gt lt dict gt lt dict gt lt plist gt Different ways for playing a playlist To start a playlist you will have to tell it to start playing it will not start by itself There are different ways to start a playlist e Manually double click on a clip hit the space bar or click on the play icon e MIDI connect a MIDI keyboard and hit a MIDI note cf Chapter 5 6 e Timecode Start with Adrienne Broadcast Protocol only for live shows not for scheduled start time cf Chapter 4 4 e GPI with GPI triggers from GPI Commander for example e AppleScripts Simply create an AppleScript to start playlists e Scheduled You build a schedule that will automatically play playlists at given time of days cf Chapter 9 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers
24. different log files are then created every day Schedule File This is where you point the file that will be analyzed when you ll enable the scheduling With the scheduling you can decide to open and play a playlist at a certain date and a certain time To create this Schedule File you can do it simply with a text editor or use Tools gt Edit Schedule and export that where you have referenced it here OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services gt 4 7 OnTheAir Video Preferences Scheduling Date Time format The date and time format of the Schedule window can be modified here BOO Preferences Playback Defaults Timecode Logo Overlay Files Folders Scheduling Date Time Format Ma Pod b For example if you want to see the name of day the date the time with milliseconds at which the clip was last modified you ll have to enter the following in the Format area A c F this might show as Monday 20 02 2006 16 31 15 699 Below you will find all specifier to modify this preference Be aware also that it will take in consideration what you have set in System Preferences gt Language amp Text gt Formats and in System Preferences gt Date amp Time gt Clock Shorthand for X x Date and Time using the local format Same as d but does not print the leading O for numbers 1 to 9 Day of the year as a decimal number 001 366 H Hour based on a 24 hour clock
25. e Only use the Languages option if required because it can lead to audio issues if not respected e Stop the playout before modifying the Video and Audio output settings OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services gt 4 3 OnTheAir Video Preferences Defaults 000 Preferences Playback Defaults Timecode Logo Owerlay Files Folders Scheduling CA Create a new empty playlist at startup 2 Loop by default vi Chain by default Cue by default Default clip end behaviour Normal HA Default Resize Settings H Pos 0 H Size O0 VW Pos 0 Y Size 0 Reset CA Display clip last modification date and time Format or m kd HMS Here you can set the default settings for the playlists and clips Every new playlist created will use default settings selected here These default settings will only apply to the new playlist you will create and NOT to the ones already created Create a new empty playlist at startup With this option checked OnTheAir Video will create a new empty playlist when you will start the application Loop by default When the Loop mode is checked it means that every new playlist created will be in Loop Mode This means that at the end of the playlist the playlist will restart again from the beginning If unchecked the playlist will stop at last clip Chain by default When chain mode is checked every new playlist will be in chain mode which means that once a
26. playing As playlists are opened 30 seconds before their start time so we have the time to open very long playlists playlists used in schedules must be at least 35 seconds long If when the schedule is running you open another playlist then the one planned and play it it will be accepted The next event will be triggered if the next event is a follow it will chain the next playlist at the end of the one you just started if it is a timed event it will start the timed event at the required time If you click on stop OnTheAir Video will stop and play the next timed event at the required time If you click again on play even on another playlist than the one planned OnTheAir Video will continue the schedule and play the next playlist if next event is a Follow Timed events always cut whatever is playing OnTheAir Video scheduler automatically closes the playlist it opened There are 2 cases in which the playlists will not close automatically If you opened the playlist manually If you modify it you will then be asked to save it I I Do NOT use the TC start function with the schedule it is not intended for that and will have weird behaviors your clips will start at strange moments 1 Do NOT save your playlists in Cue mode or they will have the Cue mode behavior OnTheAir Video will pause the first frame of the clip instead of playing it Using the Absolute Start Time of playlists with the Schedule When you are preparing
27. schedule on the two computers OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services APP Redundancy with OnTheAir Switch If you are using OnTheAir Switch to automatically control video routers for playout and that you want to build a redundant system you need to consider a few things As we ve already talked about it you can automatically control Video Routers from OnTheAir Video using Actions and OnTheAir Switch So at any given moment of a clip in a playlist you can automatically change the status of your video router to handle Live for example see the chapter about handling Live events OnTheAir Switch controls a Video Router using a USB to RS232 converter that in turn connects to a Video Router Keyspan USB to RS232 If you are using a redundant configuration we do not advise that you connect the 2 computers directly to the Video Router because then the 2 computers may send different informations to the Video router and for example if you are testing something on the backup computer it may affect your main output Thus we rather advise e if you are on tight budget to connect the backup computer to the Video router only when it is the one broadcasting needs a manual intervention e the best is to use an Automatic changeover device that can automatically switch the Video Audio and RS242 signals Keyspan USB to RS232 IV 71 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Servic
28. the 2 tabs at the beginning of the line If you want to put the playlist in Loop set the Loop info to 1 If you don t want it to Loop set it to O Once your Schedule is ready save it on your disk and go to Chapter 8 4 to see how to use this schedule file in OnTheAir Video 1 47 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services 84 Preparing a Schedule with OnTheAir Tools 11 48 OnTheAir Tools is a free separate application that should be located in the same folder as your OnTheAir Video application If not you can download the latest OnTheAir Video Application from the Softron website as the OnTheAir Tools application is bundled You can install OnTheAir Tools on any number of computers as this application is completely free When you start OnTheAir Tools you have a window with 2 buttons enabling you to start the Schedule Editor or Log analyzer windows Click on Schedule Editor Start time End time Playlist CARLA AJO ic ame Time Diff Duration Loop Tim M O M m B O Y B IL m z B O O m O m M 25 02 2010 02 00 00 25 02 2010 03 29 53 PJ 25 02 2010 04 30 00 25 02 2010 05 01 01 25 02 2010 05 32 01 25 02 2010 09 00 00 25 02 2010 10 29 53 Dg 25 02 2010 11 00 00 25 02 2010 11 00 00 O 25 25 02 2010 19 00 00 25 02 2010 20 29 53 25 02 2010 21 29 51 25 02 2010 21 29 51 25 02 2010 22 00 52 26 02 2010 04 00 00 26 02 2010 05 29 53 2
29. the playlists for a schedule you want to be able to know in advance at what approximate time each clip in the playlist will start by default the start time of the first clip in a playlist is set to 00 00 00 00 UN EN ED a Show Thumbnails A Hide Playback Controls 30 item s in list Start Time Thumbnail Filename L 00 00 00 00 1121 Softron OnTheAirVideo SD mo 00 00 10 00 EN M 00 00 10 00 DemoPhantom 5D mov 00 03 15 24 EN M 00 03 25 24 LUXETV ChampagneCastellane 00 06 21 06 EN mM 00 09 47 06 ann LUXETV Filler_Cars SD mov 00 02 06 14 A FN G Each clip following the first one will then have a Start time evaluated considering the previous clip Start time and the duration of the previous clip OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services However if you are preparing a playlist that has to go in a Schedule you will know its start time and quite frangly it will usually not be 00h00 So you want to be able to modify that start time of the first clip in order to have an indication of the start time of each clip in the playlist considering the Scheduled start time of the playlist To do that simply click on the Settings button of the playlist Absolute Time This value will be added to the relative Show Thumbnails A Hide Playback Controls 30 item s in list And change the start time to the value you wish In this example we know that this playlis
30. vpls PlaylistB vpls Sat 27 Feb 13 00 00 PlaylistC vpls Sat 27 Feb 17 00 00 PlaylistD vpls Sat 27 Feb 18 00 00 LIVE vpls Sat 27 Feb 19 00 00 PlaylistE vpls Mon 01 Mar 02 00 00 PlaylistA vpls PlaylistB vpls Mon 01 Mar 13 00 00 PlaylistC vpls Mon 01 Mar 17 00 00 PlaylistD vpls Mon 01 Mar 18 00 00 LIVE vpls Mon 01 Mar 19 00 00 PlaylistE vpls Tue 02 Mar 02 00 00 PlaylistA vpls PlaylistB vpls You can see that have one timed event with a playlist named LIVE vpls everyday starting at 18 00 00 You can build this LIVE vpls playlist the way you want but what we would advise is e to have the first clip being a generic a jingle or anything announcing the LIVE And at the end of this clip in the LIVE vpls you place the Live Start Action Do not place the Action on the 2 last frames as they may not start on these last frames e to have after this first clip a second clip playing in Loop so in case there is any kind of trouble controlling the Video Router you will not go black OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services The Playlist and the Edit Actions window for the first clip of the playlist would then Look like that y IA Elapsed 00 00 00 0 0 Remaining Current Time 00 00 05 00 i Chain W Loop Cue B IC Start Show Thumbnails Hide Playback Controls 2 item s in list Start Time Thumbnail Filename L Softron_Crowd_AppleProRes Apple 00
31. 1 4 Softron Media Services Scheduling 11 45 Basics To use Softron s Scheduling option for OnTheAir Video you must have purchased and installed the option on your computer the DEMO version has the Schedule option enabled You can verify whether you have the Schedule option installed by selecting About OnTheAir Video under the OnTheAir Video menu while holding down the option key A Window similar to the one below will indicate what OnTheAir Video options are installed on your workstation If options are not activated they will have a red circle in front instead of a green one Your license currently has the following options enabled Base Application Multi Channel Scheduling Logo Overlay HD Multi Lingual Audio Upgrade dongle The Scheduler of OnTheAir Video is simply reading a text file in which is referenced the day and time start of different playlist It is a simple text File with these info referenced Date Time and Playlist File Path Loop When you have done your schedule OnTheAir video will open the playlist 30 seconds before the desired time but will start playing at the exact time you requested in the Schedule The start of a playlist can be timed it is a precise date and time and it will cut whatever is playing or it can be untimed the playlist will be played at the end of the preceding playlist in the schedule There are two ways to create a Schedule File via OnTh
32. 12 02 10 11 32 22 02 10 15 28 18 00 09 37 gt LUXETV Filler_Jewellery mov 12 02 10 11 36 22 02 10 15 28 17 00 09 00 AN Ta Sa IAN sr so 15 VENDREDI 15 JANVIER vpls 11 02 10 18 29 11 02 10 18 29 00 00 00 15 VENDREDI 15 JANVIER vpls 11 02 10 18 29 11 02 10 18 29 00 00 00 15 VENDREDI 15 JANVIER vpls 11 02 10 18 29 11 02 10 18 29 00 00 00 16 SAMEDI 16 JANVIER vpls 11 02 10 18 33 11 02 10 18 33 00 00 00 16 SAMEDI 16 JANVIER vpls 11 02 10 18 33 11 02 10 18 33 00 00 00 ntitled vpls 12 02 10 11 15 12 02 10 11 15 00 00 01 ntitled vpls 12 02 10 11 15 12 02 10 11 18 00 03 16 ntitled vpls 12 02 10 12 22 12 02 10 12 26 00 03 16 ntitled vpls 12 02 10 13 16 12 02 10 13 19 00 03 16 17 DIMANCHE 17 JANVIER vpls 22 02 10 14 35 22 02 10 14 35 00 00 00 17 DIMANCHE 17 JANVIER vpls 22 02 10 14 36 22 02 10 14 36 00 00 00 17 DIMANCHE 17 JANVIER vpls 22 02 10 14 36 22 02 10 14 36 00 00 00 window the detailed information about the selected clip e Playlist the Name of the playlist it was broadcasted in e Start Date Diff at what time date it started to be aired e End Date Diff at what time date it stopped to be aired e Duration the duration of the broadcast You can also filter the clip that you see in the Upper part of the window by entering some text in the Clip Name Field End Date Diff DRAINMDIAN 4 4 H Q Clip Name Total Duration 00 02 24 12 00 03 19 0 00 00 08 00 09 49 00 15 07 AAA AM
33. 2 2 e 5 4 MM 0 2 gt 42 Clip End Behaviour LULU Normal 00 00 02 00 00 03 In Out Points Splitting Z Chain loop McCue TC Start re e eree Z Show Thumbnails Hide Playback Controls 7 item s in list SES RS m 0 0 Start Time Thumbnail Filename 00 00 00 00 GENE COUP D ENVOI MUSIQUE dv00 01 24 ee Clear 2004 04 23 10 54 07 EN amp Volume 00 01 24 10 Le 18396 sportrait 320 mp4 00 21 28 b 2006 06 07 16 03 19 EN O Logo Overlay qa logo Cityzen 16 9 pnc is Actions Edit Actions 3 00 22 57 11 Pub Asics dv 00 00 20 A 2006 10 20 15 24 40 EN Y Resize Position _ c Set Clear gt 00 23 17 10 LU_PUBout_A dv 00 00 05 Se eee m 2004 09 07 12 18 28 EN GB Field Priority _ Reverse Field Priority 00 23 22 11 Kirby dv 00 02 00 2005 06 15 13 15 46 EN Y 00 25 22 21 FERMETURE CANAL NEW dv 00 00 14 2004 04 05 14 49 32 EN B OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services The playlist is simply a succession of video clips The different columns indicate e Start Time indicates the relative Time at which each clip will start playing It starts at O at the beginning of the playlist unless you indicate another start Time when clicking on Playlist settings e or Thumbnails if the option Show thumbnails is activated this column will show the thumbnails If the option is not activated it will only indicate the pla
34. 6 02 2010 06 30 00 26 02 2010 07 01 01 25 02 2010 03 29 53 25 02 2010 04 29 51 25 02 2010 04 30 00 25 02 2010 05 32 01 25 02 2010 09 31 40 25 02 2010 10 29 53 25 02 2010 11 29 51 25 02 2010 11 00 00 25 02 2010 11 31 00 25 02 2010 15 30 39 25 02 2010 20 29 53 25 02 2010 21 29 51 25 02 2010 21 29 51 25 02 2010 22 00 52 26 02 2010 02 00 30 26 02 2010 05 29 53 26 02 2010 06 29 51 26 02 2010 06 30 00 26 02 2010 07 32 01 PlaylistA vpls PlaylistB vpls PlaylistC vpls PlaylistD vpls PlaylistE vpls PlaylistA vpls PlaylistB vpls PlaylistC vpls PlaylistD vpls PlaylistE vpls PlaylistA vpls PlaylistB vpls PlaylistC vpls PlaylistD vpls PlaylistE vpls PlaylistA vpls PlaylistB vpls PlaylistC vpls PlaylistD vpls 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 31 01 00 00 00 00 31 40 00 00 00 00 29 51 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 08 00 31 01 01 29 53 Q 00 59 58 00 00 00 O 00 31 01 Q 03 59 39 O 01 29 53 Q 00 59 58 O 00 00 00 00 31 01 01 29 53 Q 00 59 58 00 00 00 O 00 31 01 O 03 59 39 M 01 29 53 Q 00 59 58 Q 00 00 00 00 31 01 O LS a 6 q soc LEE E _ Check selected Total Duration 00 00 00 80 playlistis _ Check selected 4 Refreshes e the status of each playlist Offline Clips Offline playlist or all OK e the duration of each playlist considering all online and offline clips e the Start and End time consider
35. OnTheAir Video ES Playback Defaults Timecode Logo Overlay Files Folc Scheduling Schedule File Schedule txt As the path to the clip is only partial you also need to set the Clip Folder root option in the preferences of OnTheAir Tools Scheduler If you don t set the Clip Folder root option in OnTheAir Tools all your playlists will have a 00 00 00 duration as no clips will be found Ask to reopen the latest schedule Yes ONo I 50 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services gt 85 Using a Schedule in OnTheAir Video I 51 Once you have saved your Schedule File and provided you have the schedule option enabled you can use your Schedule in OnTheAir Video If you do not have the schedule option the schedule menus will be greyed out First Check the preferences of OnTheAir Video In Files Folder Tab you should choose the Schedule File that you have created Playback Defaults Timecode Logo Overlay Files Folders Scheduling Clips Folder root lt lt lt Overlay Logos Folder fUsers admin Pictures Logos As Run Logs Folder Tas Run Lood Schedule File ss Then in OnTheAir Video go in the menu Tools and choose Show Schedule A new window will pop up Show Schedule Disable Schedule Re read Schedule R When you first open the schedule window it is still empty and the status of the sched
36. OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services In Out Points Splitting When clicking on Clear you will erase the in and out points you might have set earlier When clicking on Set OnTheAir Video opens a window in which you can set the in and out points of the clip Current Time 00 00 03 01 F SplitClip gt a a Softron Media Services In Point 00 00 00 00 M C G Out P Mark In Button 00 00 06 10 4 M c G n gt In this window you ll have A clip preview zone Current Time indicates the timecode where the cursor is located you can move around in the clip using the keyboard Left and right arrows Split Clip when you click on Split Clip OnTheAir Video will split the clip in two clips in the playlist the first clip starting at the beginning and ending at the point where the cursor was located and the second clip starting from the point where the cursor was located to the end of the clip No New Files will be created on your discs With that Split Clip Option you can set different logos for two parts of the same clip In Point indicates the timecode where the In Point is set Out Point indicates the timecode where the Out Point is set M for Mark sets the in out point C for Clear clears the in out point G for Go goes to the in out point Export Sub
37. OnTheAir Video will find all the logos used by the user It is from this folder that OnTheAir Video will display its list of logos when you will want to add a logo on a clip or set a default logo Be aware that subfolders are not supported yet Here too as was explained concerning the Clip Folder you will be able to go from a computer A to a computer B without any problems even if the path is not the same for the logos You will just have to reference the path in this preference and have the same files on both computers Logs Folder This is where you set where the logs must be stored There are two different logs created e the logs created by the application recording everything happening when playing back This is used mainly by us to track data and workflow you will not need them for your everyday use They are named as this OTAV_LOG_2007 09 13 log e the as run logs which record every time a clip was played They are named as this OnTheAir Video Log 2007 09 13 txt You can choose if you want to generate As run logs or not in the Playback Preferences You can use this as a report for your clients to know when their clips have been aired What is referenced is the date the hour the day of the week the name of the playlist the action if the clip was played next to a clip or if it was launched manually or with a schedule action and of course the Name of the clip To analyze these logs you can use Tools gt Analyze logs Two
38. TV Closed Captioning here http www cpcweb com hdtv e OnTheAir Video doesn t support QuickTime files with a Closed Captioning track as it is not supported by OnTheAir Video The only way to have Closed Captioning is to use the Audio encoding option available with the Matrox cards Teletext with OnTheAir Video Teletext is in use in many european countries to add Text informations to the video signal Some video lines in the video signal are used for the Teletex information At the time of writing there is no known solution to encode these lines directly on the Mac The only solution is then to add these lines on top of the video signal going out of OnTheAir Video and maybe to control this Teletext encoder using GPI Commander to Start stop encoding 16 9 and 4 3 signals A video signal can be in a 16 9 or 4 3 aspect ratio A flag can be added to some of the VANC lines of the video signal to tell the TV monitors wether the signal is in 4 3 or 16 9 OnTheAir Video will not add such information on the signal but you can control a external device using GPI Commander with OnTheAir Video Actions to add or not this information in the VANC lines Generating Cue Tone In broadcast networks a DTMF cue tone or subaudible tone is often used to prompt insertion of a local TV commercial or radio advertisement by the broadcast automation equipment at the broadcast station or cable headend OnTheAir Video can not generate Cue Tone in the Audio signal
39. appers QuickTime AVI MXF l 12 OnTheAir Video supports mov QuickTime wrappers and avi without the need of additional soft ware or plug in except for the required QuickTime codec OnTheAir Video supports MXF files provided you have installed the appropriate QuickTime com ponent You can purchase such component to read directly MXF files from MXF4Mac or Calibrat ed Be aware the same constrains apply to the MXF files as with mov files only i frame codecs see Chapter 2 4 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services gt 2 7 About VANC Some additional information can be encoded in the video lines called VANC This information can be for example Closed Captioning in the USA or Teletext in Europe OnTheAir Video will not write anything to these lines but it will be transparent if there are VANC lines in the Video signal OntheAir Video will send them to the Video Card which in turn may handle them or not Before deciding for one card or the other check with the manufacturer if VANC lines are supported and how to setup the card Closed Captioning with OnTheAir Video Closed Captioning is widely used in many countries among which USA The Captioning information is encoded on to special lines in the Video Signal OnTheAir Video doesn t encode the Captioning signal directly on the video signal However if a Captioning signal is present in some of the Video lines of the file OnTheAir Video will pla
40. at you will name for example Start Live Using Parameters Parameters are very useful if you want to let the user enter a value at the last moment in the OnTheAir Video playlist and not to hard code it in the AppleScript Parameters are mainly used for Coming next Actions used with OnTheAir CG A coming next Action would look like this on Action parameter ignoring application responses tell application OnTheAir CG Controller send command SCRIPT MyText parameter amp send command PROJECT_PLAY CGProjects MyProject cg end tell end ignoring end Action In OnTheAir CG you should have prepared a project called MyProject in which you will have at least one Text item in which you type the following text MyText Then when this action is triggered by OnTheAir Video it will change the item MyText by the value the user entered in the parameter column in the Edit Action window of OnTheAir Video and start the project That is one example of the use of parameters but there can be many others OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services ARS Using Actions in OnTheAir Video 11 62 Now that you have created your Action and saved it in the Actions folder you are ready to use it in OnTheAir Video First select a clip open the Clip drawer and click on the Edit Actions button This will open a new window _ Playback Clip End Behaviour Normal
41. clip exports the part between the in and out points you set as a QuickTime File You can save this file wherever you want and use it afterwards in your playlists without having to set its in and out points again Beware that these settings are set only for the selected clip in this playlist It will not change the in and out points of all the occurrences If you want to do that you ll have to re export the clip or copy paste it from one playlist to another MIDI A MIDI interface can be used to control the playback of the clips It can be useful for live shows To implement this functionality you must have a MIDI interface connected to your Mac and properly installed Then select a clip in the playlist and click on the learn button in the drawer and press a MIDI note on your Interface It is now set The next time you will press the same MIDI note the clip will start playing I 37 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services I 38 Volume You can adjust the volume for every clip To adjust the volume select one or more clip and drag the slide bar in the drawer window Logo Overlay It is here where you choose the logo to overlay on one or more clip Don t forget that the logos or graphics files must be in the folder indicated in the preferences and that these files must be in png tiff or psd and in the resolution 720 576 for PAL or 720 x 486 or 720 x 480 for NTSC 1920 1080 for HD 72 dpi with an ex
42. clip is finished OnTheAir Video will play the next one If unchecked OnTheAir Video will stop playing at the end of each clip Il 21 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services Il 22 Cue by default When a playlist is NOT in Cue Mode double clicking on a clip will cause it start playing immediately If checked when you double click on a clip it will pause on the first frame of the clip waiting for you to either press the space bar or to click the play button to start playing it This mode is very useful when used in a production room for news or games You can prepare your subject and then launch it once the it has been announced If chain mode is NOT activated it will stop at the end of the clip and select the next one If chain mode is activated it will play the next clip Default clip end behavior This option defines how OnTheAir Video behaves at the end of a clip when you create the playlist e Normal Follows the behavior set for the playlist If the playlist is in chain mode at the end of the clip the next clip will be played if the playlist is not in chain mode it will stop at the end of the clip e Stop At End stops playing at the end of the clip even if the playlist is in chain mode e Hold Last Frame pauses on the last frame of the clip e Play Next Clip plays the next clip in the playlist even if the playlist is not in chain mode e Loop atthe end of the clip OnTheAir Video will play i
43. control 2 output OnTheAir Node on the same computer A V signals SS Ethernet OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services One client OnTheAir Manager control multiple output OnTheAir Node remotely by connecting to the Nodes with Ethernet O 5 o 2200800 OG O Gey olin A AONICCOOCOCONIININI e ses 2 Ow S A A AAN With OnTheAir Node OnTheAir Server OnTheAir Manager One and or multiple clients OnTheAir Manager control one and or multiple output OnTheAir Node by connecting to a Server OnTheAir Server D ono a AIN E TS A KONN E 22 O A TS ANNAN 1 scaneeece a AIN S A AONTAN A V signals sy Ethernet I 8 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services l 9 Being a client server architecture OnTheAir Node has some other advantages e real redundancy one schedule can be sent to 2 OnTheAir Node e graphical UI for the schedule with iCal style Scheduling a Thursday 16 04 09 Friday 17 04 09 Saturday 18 04 09 Sunday 19 04 09 Monday 20 04 09 Tuesday 21 04 09 Wednesday 22 04 09 00 00 00 L dl be E SS Al Tuesday Morning News 01 00 00 tm Di 01 42 59 00 02 00 00 Bienvenue Chez les Rozes fr avi 01 25 18 12 03 00 00 04 00 00 b 05 00 00 06 00 00 FRIENDS_S9_9 16_sideB 1 m4v 01 11 11 24 07 00 00 03 11 15 08 08 00 00 18 32
44. d or playlist Playback Modes Playback Controls and Display options Playback Modes Enable disable the Chain Loop Cue Modes TC Start Playback Controls Skip to previous stop pause play skip to next Display options Settings Show Hide Thumbnails Show Hide Playback controls Show Hide Clip Settings Drawer Playlist The list of clips to broadcast with some quick info about Start Time Thumbnail Clip Name Last modification date Duration Languages Clip End Behavior Logo On Off Clip Settings Drawer Settings for individual clips like Clip end behavior In Out MIDI Volume Logo Actions Resize Revert Field Priority Preview 1 30 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services gt 5 1 Time Indicators The upper numbers of the Timeline provide information about the time Elapsed Time Duration Remaining Time for the entire playlist The lower numbers indicate this time information for the current clip Elapsed 00 00 59 0 01 06 Remaining Elapsed Time of the clip and or Playlist Elapsed Duration and Remaining Time of the playlist Elapsed Duration and Remaining Time of the playing clip Duration of the clip and or Playlist Remaining Time of the clip and or Playlist Elapsed Time of the Clip or Playlist Control Click to switch Remaining Time of the Clip or Playlist Control Click to switch The two windows with larger numbers to the left and to the right of
45. eAir CG User Manual For example Scripts go to our website where you can download Sample Scripts Resize Position You can resize and change the position of every clip in the playlist to make it smaller for example The position is the one of the left hand top corner of the image Preview When you select a clip you can preview it in this window The sound will be output on the Built in Audio port of your Mac 606 ees 00 22 54 l OnTheAir Video es 22 54 T0242 02 428 sons 00 00 02 az Chain Loop Cue BIC Start Hide Playback Controls 7 item s in list Start Time Thumbnail Filename 00 00 00 00 GENE COUP D ENVOI MUSIQUE dv00 01 24 2004 04 23 10 54 07 EN Ei 00 01 24 10 Le 18396 sportrait 320 mp4 00 21 28 2006 06 07 16 03 19 EN O a2 Show Thumbnails 00 22 57 11 Pub Asics dv 00 00 20 2006 10 20 15 24 40 EN Y 00 23 17 10 LU_PUBout_A dv 00 00 05 2004 09 07 12 18 28 EN 3 00 23 22 11 Kirby dv 00 02 00 2005 06 15 13 15 46 EN Y 00 25 22 21 FERMETURE CANAL NEW dv 00 00 14 2004 04 05 14 49 32 O O In Out Points Splitting MIDI Chan 0 15 Note 1 255 Learn Clear Volume 0 dB Logo Overlay logo Cityzen 16 9 pnc is Actions Edit Actions Resize Position Field Priority Reverse Field Priority OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services Menus Overview Be aware that some of the Menus are created automatica
46. eAir Tools and the Edit Schedule Tool or via a Text Editor OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services gt 8 2 Schedule Definition A Schedule is a simple text file that will hold information on when to start a given playlist at given time of days OnTheAir Video will read this text file and start the playlists as requested in the schedule This text file will look like that AD Schedule txt 2049 11 46 42 00 00 Vo lLumes Yideo P lay lists Play list vols VYolumesVideo Playliste PlaylistBh vols 4 2849 11 66 4 38 00 fVolumes Video P Laylists Playlistl vols 1 2089 11 46 AS A4 44 fVolumes Video P Layliste PlaylistD vols A Yolumes ideo Plavlists PlasListE vpls A 2049 11 46 12 30 00 Volumes ideo P lay lists Playlista vols Volumes Y ideorF lay lists Flay listh vols 2849 11 66 15 08 00 fVolumes VideosP Layliste Playlistl wple 1 2889 11 66 15 30 00 fVolumes Video P Laylists PlaylistD vols A Yo lLumes YideosPlaylists PlaylistE vols A VYolumesVideo Playlists PlaylistBh vols 4 Volumes Video Play lists Flay list wpls Volumes Wideo Playlists Plaslisth spls 6 2699 11 47 GE A6 AA Yo Lumes VideosP lay lists Playlista wpls A There are 2 ways to Start a playlist with a schedule You can start a playlist with a fixed start time Timed Start The playlist will start playing at the exact time specified no matter what is playing it will cut it Or you can start a
47. eAir Video is also intended to be used for live performances shows exhibitions trade shows information kiosks etc Its use is solely limited by the imagination Simplicity The OnTheAir Video User Interface has been designed to be easy to use Its clean and easy to use interface is the key of OnTheAir Video s success Flexibility OnTheAir Video is also very flexible it supports multiple formats in both SD and HD None of the codecs supported are proprietary which means it integrates easily with past present and future systems A simple QuickTime export from Final Cut Pro and your file is ready to be aired without having to compress it or convert it OnTheAir Video does not require any proprietary hardware either A new PowerMac or MacPro and a Video Card are just what you need to start broadcasting For higher capacity needs you will need a Fibre Channel RAID server Apple Xserve Raid for example or an Xsan The playlists used by OnTheAir Video are in XML format OnTheAir Video can therefore be easily integrated into traffic or automation systems Security OnTheAir Video is based on a Macintosh Unix architecture which is known for reliability and flexibility All solutions developed by Softron Media Services are fully tested and approved before released Prompt and personalized support is also what we do best a OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services 1 2 The different versions of OnTheAir V
48. elect the Settings tab and uncheck the Remove field jitter when video is paused option e AJA in AJA Control Panel select the Codec Options tab and in Video out choose Full Frame e Matrox in Matrox System Preferences select the Video Output tab and in Miscellaneous Choose Scrub and pause Both fields To access the OnTheAir Video preferences open the application then click on the menu OnTheAir Video and select Preferences Defaults Timecode Logo Overlay Files Folders Scheduling Video Standard Full HD 1080i 50 PAL Video Output f AJA B Video Mode AJA Kona3 1080i25 8 Bit B _ Audio cut between clips M Generate as run logs O Actions Logo _ Auto update start times in playlists while playing Audio Output AJA Kona3 gt Audio Stereo Pairs 1 C Only accept clips with suitable languages Pair 1 Language Pair 1 in file 4 2 OnTheAir Video Preferences Playback Video Standard Sets the broadcast standard DVCPro HD HD or SD PAL or NTSC IF you can not select HD Output it is probably because you didn t purchase the HD option Video Output If you have 2 Blackmagic Design cards you will be able to choose on which board it must be sent to If you are using 2 AJA cards in one Mac you need to open first AJA control panel select the card you want to output to and then start the application Video Mode Sets the Video Mode Upper Th
49. elect the Folder where your As run log files are located e Set the date interval in which you wish to analyze the logs you probably don t want to analyze the logs for the whole year Set the From To date Time fields By default they are set to be the preceding month e Click on Analyze OnTheAir Tools will then scan all the As run logs files and show you the result MJ 23 01 2010 11 54 32 2 23 02 2010 11 54 32 Clip Name DemoPhantom SD mov LUXETV Filler_Jewellery SD mov 2500_i_0720x0576_AppleProRes LT mov DemoPhantom mov LUXETV ChampagneCastellane ENb mov LUXETV Filler_Cars mov LUXETV Filler_Escape 1 mov LUXETV Filler_Escape 2 mov LUXETV Filler_Escape 3 mov LUXETV Filler_Jewellery mov BUENO Comm mm mn n Playlist I 57 First Diff 11 02 10 18 13 11 02 10 18 13 12 02 10 11 01 12 02 10 11 15 12 02 10 11 18 12 02 10 11 24 12 02 10 11 27 12 02 10 11 30 12 02 10 11 32 12 02 10 11 36 TVINVIAN 11 90 Start Date Diff OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services Last Diff 15 02 10 15 44 15 02 10 16 04 12 02 10 11 01 22 02 10 15 28 22 02 10 15 28 22 02 10 15 28 22 02 10 15 28 22 02 10 15 28 22 02 10 15 28 22 02 10 15 28 AN AN IN AF Q Clip Name Count 44 12 2 18 17 16 16 16 18 17 17 End Date Diff Total Duration 00 02 24 00 03 19 00 00 08 00 09 49 00 15 07 00 04 14 00 05 52 00 05 54 00 09 37 00 09 00 ANON Duration
50. end Action One Action can then hold multiple commands and you can for example build a Live Start Action that will do multiple things like Change the Video router so that the source of the Main output is the studio start a CG project and start recording at the same time Be aware that these AppleScripts formatted correctly will not run in the Script Editor Application because the condition On Action will never be met OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services ARE Actions Example I 61 You can find some sample AppleScripts from the softron website But here are some examples of what could be done on Action parameter ignoring application responses tell application OnTheAir Switch set input of output 8 to 3 end tell tell application GPI Commander set state of output 8 to true end tell tell application OnTheAir CG Controller send command PROJECT_PLAY CGProjects MyProject cg end tell tell application MovieRecorder tell first device record end tell end tell end ignoring end Action If you analyze it this application will e Switch the source of the output 8 to the input 1 of the Matrix video Switcher the signal now going to air is coming from the studio not OnTheAir Video e Send a CPI trigger to the Video Mixer or Logo overlay etc e Start the CG project MyProject cg e Start recording with MovieRecorder All that in one simple AppleScript th
51. eo 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services Working with Actions ARR What are the Actions Actions are what OnTheAir Video uses to trigger external events This is what is used to e send GPI triggers using GPI Commander to control Video Mixers for example e control Video Routers using OnTheAir Switch to switch to Live e control Character Generators to stop start graphics or send Text information for coming next etc using for example OnTheAir CG Controller e control MovieRecorder to start Stop recordings e etc In fact Actions are simple AppleScripts that are started at a defined position of a clip in a playlist RS How to create new Actions 11 60 As you already know Actions are standard AppleScripts But you need 2 conditions to be able to use AppleScripts as Actions in OnTheAir Video 1 The AppleScript must be saved in the Actions folder located in the same folder as the OnTheAir Video application you are running it is relative to it Y 5 Actions E ComingNext scpt LIVE End scpt E LIVE Start scpt 3 OnTheAir Video app OnTheAirTools app 2 The AppleScript must start with On Action and end with End Action It will be formatted as follows replacing of course the application X by a valid Application and the do whatever by an action on Action parameter ignoring application responses tell application X do whatever with parameter end tell end ignoring
52. es LETOCH Keyspan USB to RS232 Automatic Changeover Video Router Keyspan USB to RS232 A P Redundancy with GPI Commander If you are using GPI Commander to automatically insert autocue or 16 9 info lines with an external device and that you want to build a redundant system you need to consider a few things You can send and or receive GPI triggers if you have a GPI Commander box connected to a USB port of your computer A V output A V cue tone A V signals USB GP Contact When building a redundant system you will simply control the 2 cue tone generators independently and use a Video Router to select which signal should go to air You can then chosse to select the signal that goes to air e manually the user controls it directly e remotely with OnTheAir Switch e with an automatic changeover IV 72 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services A V output A V cue tone Video Router A V output A E ACHES A V cue tone A V signals USB GPI Contact IV 73 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services Other Advanced features AREAS Automatic Logo insertion You already know that you can overlay a fixed logo on top of the outgoing video signal This logo must be prepared to the size of the frame and saved in png in the folder set in the OnTheAir Video Preferences gt Files Folders g
53. for the clip Volumes DiskComputerA Videos clipname mov OnTheAir Video will only reference clipname mov In the preferences of computer B Folder gt Clips Folder root you have to indicate the path where all the clips are located on this computer In our example Volumes DiskComputerB Clips When you open the playlists created on computer A with computer B OnTheAir Video will add that part referenced in the preferences Since the path referenced in the playlist was only clipname mov when you open it OnTheAir video will add Volumes DiskComputerB Clips The full path will then be Volumes DiskComputerB Clips clipname mov To be short when opening a playlist made with computer A on computer B the part of the path referenced in the preferences of computer A is replaced by the part of the path referenced in the preferences of computer B aon Preferences Clips Folder root Select y Overlay Logos Folder d Select y Logos As Run Logs Folder E k Select flogs Schedule File select Schedule txt OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services Il 27 Once you have chosen a folder in the preference Folder gt Clips Folder root you will not be able to add files from another folder All your video files will have to be in this folder You can of course have subfolders in this folder Overlay Logos Folder This is the location where
54. fter Effects or Motion project you can export a file in Animation codec or Apple ProRes 4444 and overlay that file on top of an incoming signal making it a really efficient Character Generator with tools you know As QuickTime is used to output the video and not our own engine as with OnTheAir Video OnTheAir Video Express is not a playout application recommended for 24 7 it is rather intended at Live shows or productions It also doesn t have some options like the Scheduling or Logo overlay option OnTheAir Video DV The FireWire Version of OnTheAir Video called OnTheAir Video DV works only with any FireWire Converter With the multichannel video option you can output up to 4 video signal from one computer with additional FireWire card and the appropriate number for FireWire converter The strength of OnTheAir Video DV is that it is very light to run and can run from a laptop Mac mini with very few memory It has the Scheduling option making it possible to use for 24 7 broadcast operations Compared to OnTheAir Video it doesn t have however the Logo HD or multi language options It only plays dv stream files OnTheAir Video The PCI version of OnTheAir Video uses our own playout engine that has been developed and improved since it was first used in 2004 It has proven very high reliability and therefore is the ideal companion for broadcast 24 7 or live shows OnTheAir Video can playout most QuickTime codecs provided they a
55. heck on this webpage http www softron tv products playout_standalone compare html Here is non exhaustive list of supported codecs e Apple ProRes Family e DV STREAM dv files e DV mov e DVCPRO 25 e DVCPRO 50 e DVCPRO HD e MPEG 4 I frame only e M JPEG e MPEG IMX 30 40 50 e Uncompressed HD Many other QuickTime formats may be supported by OnTheAir Video The above are the most often used and are the ones that have been thoroughly tested and certified If you want to use a format other than the ones specified we suggest that you check our web site for informational updates or you can of course test it by yourself and let us know Do not hesitate to test different formats and to keep us informed about your test results We look forward to receiving you comments at http www softron tv support contact php OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services gt 2 5 About Audio Formats As stated above OnTheAir Video can accept only Video files that have appropriate Audio format The audio format supported is e Linear PCM e 16or 24 bit e 48Khz e only stereo or mono tracks What we mean about Stereo tracks is that some QuickTime files can have one audio track with multiple audio channels This is typically the case with 5 1 audio where you will have one audio track with 6 audio channels This kind of audio track is not supported by OnTheAir Video However it is possible to output 6 aud
56. hould be used in combination with Chain Mode when Chain Mode is enabled the clips will play one after another when disabled OnTheAir Video will stop after each clip and select the next one so that it is ready to be cued e Cue If this option is checked it will add one more column to your playlist In this new column you can enter the timecode at which you wish the clip to start Example If you want a clip to start at 15 37 00 00 you just need to encode it in the column Auto Start TC and the clip will start at this exact timecode e009 P OnTheAir Video Playlist Elapsed 00 00 00 Remaining 00 00 00 X Chain X Loop 4 Cue TC Start Show Thumbnails Hide Playback Controls 7 item s in list MA Start Time Thumbnail Filename L Auto Start TC 18 22 57 11 Pub Asics dv 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 2006 10 20 15 24 40 0 Y 18 01 24 10 amp 18396 sportrait 320 mp4 00 21 28 00 00 00 00 2006 06 07 16 03 19 EN LU_PUBin_A dv 2004 09 07 12 13 04 18 00 00 00 GENE COUP D ENVOI MUSIQUE dv 00 01 24 00 00 00 00 2004 04 23 10 54 07 EN LU_PUBout_A dv 00 00 05 00 00 00 00 2004 09 07 12 18 28 EN O 18 23 22 11 Kirby dv 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 2005 06 15 13 15 46 EN M 18 25 22 21 18 23 17 10 FERMETURE CANAL NEW dv 00 00 14 00 00 00 00 2004 04 05 14 49 32 EN 1 32 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services gt 5 3 Playback Controls The five Play controls are
57. ideo This manual concerns only the PCI version of OnTheAir Video However there are 3 different versions of OnTheAir Video available each with a speciality Here is a quick description of each of them so you can make your choice But to have an extensive view of the differences between each version you should refer to the following page of the Softron website http www softron tv products playout_standalone compare html 09 54 00 09 54 14 00 16 06 13 06 12 King Kong CACA e on 00 00 31 15 SurfKids 7 Red 2005 03 17 23 45 21 0100 00 00 58 02 F batman_begins_1080p mov 00 02 24 07 ellow 00 00 26 18 2005 11 07 11 00 34 0100 00 03 22 10 M BBC Motion Gallery 00 04 22 07 Orange 2005 11 07 11 07 42 0100 00 07 44 08 TA IMAX Magificent Desolation 00 00 45 09 Green L 2005 11 07 11 00 51 0100 00 11 25 17 PS Pub Eurostar mp4 00 00 29 23 Purple 2006 03 10 18 50 05 0100 00 11 55 10 Warren Miller s Higher Ground 00 03 05 11 gt s SIENNE 11 08 01 0100 00 15 01 06 Presentation_softron 00 00 27 01 Ey 2005 12 29 15 25 28 0100 00 15 28 07 Presentationintro 00 00 06 22 2005 11 18 13 55 20 0100 LogoSoftron_black 00 00 04 01 2005 11 15 18 12 17 0100 00 15 39 05 LogoSoftron_black copy 00 00 04 01 a 2005 11 15 18 12 17 0100 00 17 17 A MMM 47 a 1717 00 00 08 J amp Chain Loop Timecode Start I Show Thumbnails W Hide Playback Contr
58. ing the calculated duration Add a playlist to the Schedule Delete the selected playlist from the Schedule Modify the Start Time of all the selected playlists at once or days hours minutes seconds Opens a Schedule file from the disk It will clear the current schedule and replace it with the one you are importing Imports a Schedule file in the current schedule It will keep the same Start times so you should use the In Decrement Date function to modify it after import Saves the Schedule to the text file that will be read by OnTheAir Video OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services Timed e Checked it is a Timed Start event this playlist will start at a precise time cutting whatever is playing e Unchecked it means it is a Follow Start and this playlist will stat only when the previous playlist is finished playing Status Column The Playlist is OK no offline clip playlist can be found on disk There are some Offline clips in this playlist or the Clip Folder root path is not correctly set in the preferences The playlist can t be found gt it has been deleted from the disk or renamed Start Time When the Timed check box is checked in the first column this column represents the fixed start time at which the playlist will start and cut whatever is playing You can manually set the start time of the playlist when you double click on this column If the Timed check box is
59. io channels for 5 1 For that you can simply add 3 Stereo Tracks to the QuickTime file instead of one track with 6 channels This type of files will be supported and played out by OnTheAir Video provided you have the multi audio option Below are screenshots of QuickTime Movie Inspector info window The screenshot from the left is one of a QuickTime file with supported audio tracks 3 Stereo Tracks and the one from the left is a screenshot of Movie Inspector of a file with unsupported audio tracks 1 track in 5 1 Supported Quicktime File 3 stereo Tracks Unsupported Quicktime File one 5 1 Track ey er PL Qj 3 x 2 SU Le 2500_1 1920x1080_A 2500 i 1920x1080 AppleProRes444 amp StereoTrack Source Users admin Desktop Format FPS Data Size eo Videos TestSync 1080 AppleProRes444_ 8 StereoTracks copy mov Apple ProRes 4444 1920 x 1080 1888 x 1062 Millions 16 bit Integer Little Endian Stereo 48 000 kHz 16 bit Integer Little Endian Stereo 48 000 kHz 16 bit Integer Little Endian Stereo 48 000 kHz Format FPS Data Size Data Rate 1 35 GE Current Size 2500_i_1920x1080 AppleProRes444 8 StereoTracks Blackmagic_5D PAL copy mov AJA 2Vuy Codec 720 x 576 1007 x 576 Millions 16 bit Integer Big Endian 5 1 CLR Ls Rs LFE 48 000 kHz 25 639 4 MB 170 53 Mbit s p E 1007 x 576 pixels Actual Data Rate 180 44 Mbit s Current Size About File Wr
60. ird or Lower third only for AJA cards Il 19 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services 1 20 Audio Cut between clips A movie file almost never has an exact same duration between the Audio and the Video the Video is a little longer or shorter than the Audio So at the end of a file if the audio is a little longer we have two options e cut the audio the last audio samples will then not be played e duplicate the last video frame so you play all the audio samples Generate as run logs You can select whether you want OnTheAir Video to generate As run logs They are generated in the same folder as the Application One different file is generated every day These As run logs are referencing all the clips played by OnTheAir Video This can be used to report when their clips have been aired As run log reports indicate the date hour the name of the playlist and the action if the clip was played next to a clip or if it was launched manually or with a schedule action You can then also choose to log in the as run log file which logo is overlaid with each clip and the Actions that are triggered Auto update start times in playlists while playing When you check this setting and when you start a clip in a playlist the start time of this clip will automatically be set to the time at which the clip was started Then you can check exactly at what time the next clips will be broadca
61. listB vpls PlaylistC vols PlaylistD vpls PlaylistE vpls Fri 04 00 00 PlaylistA vpls PlaylistB vpls 02 26 10 Fri 07 01 01 PlaylistD vpls 02 26 10 Fri 11 00 00 PlaylistA vpls PlaylistB vpls Fri 13 30 00 RRR ee 02 26 10 Fri 22 30 00 02 26 10 Fri 23 01 01 PlaylistD vpls PlaylistE vpls 02 27 10 Sat 04 004 PlaylistA vpls 02 27 10 Sat 06 30 00 02 27 10 Sat 07 01 01 PlaylistE vpls 02 27 10 Sat 13 00 00 PlaylistA vpls 3 PlaylistB vpls Re read Schedule when you have modified the schedule file click there to update it in OnTheAir Node Activate Deactivate button to change the status of the schedule Currently playing event in the schedule Timed Start this playlist will be started the 26 02 10 at 07 01 01 Follow this playlist will be started at the end of the previous playlist This playlist will play in LOOP Playlist offline can not be found on disk or its duration is less than 30 seconds Status of the Schedule Enabled or Disabled 8006 0 8 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services I 53 If there is a playlist playing and that you activate the schedule OnTheAir Video will NOT cut it to play the playlist it should be playing It will let it run and play only the next event be it a follow or Fixed Start Time The green line will show you what playlist he should have been
62. lly for all Mac OS X Applications and therefore are not always used by OnTheAir Video Also these menus are subject to change from one version to the other gt 6 1 Menu File e New Playlist Creates a new playlist e Open Opens an existing playlist e Open Recent Opens a list with the 5 last opened playlists among which you will be able to choose e Close Closes the current playlist e Save Saves the current playlist e Save As Saves the playlist with another name or at another place e Add Clips Add one or more clips after the one selected e Add Offline Clip Add one Offline clip after the one selected You then can already add a clip that doesn t exist yet on your disk Select the folder where it is going to be and give ita name e Check for missing clips Check in the current playlist if all the clips can be found on the disks e Import ASCII Playlist Imports playlists in ASCII format This format is used for interchange with different automation software e Export Playlist as Movie Exports the playlist a QuickTime Sequence Be aware that the sequence exported will not be a self Contained Movie Once exported you will have to keep the original files at the same place otherwise you won t be able to play the exported file e Export Playlist as Text Exports the playlist as a Text File The export will be in the same folder as the playlist You then have to save the playlist prior to Export it as Text e Page
63. ment download page of the website http www softron tv support download_docs html OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services When you receive the license it will unlock your current DEMO version so you are sure to be using the exact same version that you have tested There is absolutely no difference between a DEMO version and a licensed version except the DEMO watermark and eventually some options that may not be activated if you didn t purchase them The DEMO version has all options active but the licensed version will only have the purchase option active The available options for OnTheAir Video are e Schedule e Logo overlay e HD e Multilingual Il 18 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services Setting up OnTheAir Video 4 1 About Video Card Settings We will not go through all the video cards settings as this is not the purpose of this manual and it can change with different driver versions and manufacturer It will also mainly be OnTheAir Video that will drive the card settings There is just one setting that needs to be taken care of it s the option that enables to play only one of the frame when video is paused to avoid flickering You need to deactivate that option otherwise the signal will be jittery it will look like a field inversion This option is named differently with the different cards e Blackmagic Design in Blackmagic System preferences s
64. not checked in the first column this column represents the estimated Start time of the playlist considering the duration of the previous playlist as this playlist s End time This is the estimated End Time of the playlist considering its duration and start time Playlist The name of the playlist that will play you can double click on it to open it with OnTheAir video and modify if needed Time Diff If there is a GAP or an OVERLAP between 2 playlists you will see it in this column There are 3 possible cases e 00 00 00 There is no GAP nor overlap Or the previous playlist is in LOOP e 00 13 18 There is a GAP gt there will be a black between this playlist and the previous e 00 15 41 There is an OVERLAP gt this playlist will cut the previous playlist before the end Duration The estimated duration of the playlist computed when you opened the schedule or clicked on the refresh button Loop Check this box if you want the playlist to run in LOOP mode gt it will Loop until the next timed event happens I 49 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services Working with Clip Folder root option in OnTheAir Tools In OnTheAir Video you can work with relative path and add in the preferences a Clip Folder root This option will store only a partial path to the clip in the playlist This partial part is then only completed when you open the playlist with the path that is set in the preferences of
65. ns folder and launch the application for the first time When you start OnTheAir Video for the first time you will be prompted for a few things e Accept to start the application from the first time for all downloaded application e Accept the License agreement e Enter your admin password e Choose between Register the application you need a Serial number for that or use it in DEMO mode Using OnTheAir Video in DEMO mode OnTheAir Video can be used in DEMO mode as long as you wish The DEMO mode only outputs a DEMO watermark on the output and thus is entirely functional This also means that you can use a DEMO version to build playlists check them and so on Once you ve tested OnTheAir Video thoroughly and want to buy it just contact your nearest reseller or go the Softron online store You will receive a Serial number or a dongle option Licensing OnTheAir Video All Softron applications can be licensed using Serial Numbers by default or Dongles optional By default you will receive a Serial Number They have the advantage that they can be sent quickly you will receive them by e mail and can t be lost But you will need to activate the serial number on the computer you want to install it on and deactivate it if you want to move it to another computer This requires an internet access For more informations on the Software Licensing download the Application Licensing Explained document available from the Docu
66. ols Start Time Thumbnail Filename 1 DV VCR 124 item s in list GD PAL 48 kHz 7 00 04 06 12 LogoSoftronflares dv 00 00 05 PAL 48 kHz 00 04 38 12 Presentationintro dv 00 00 07 PAL 48 kHz 00 04 45 08 LogoSoftronflares dv 00 00 05 PAL 48 kHz 00 04 50 08 Le E 00 04 54 08 LogoSoftron_redflares dv 00 00 05 PAL 48 kHz 00 04 59 08 LogoSoftron_yellow dv 00 00 05 PAL 48 kHz 00 05 04 08 LogoSoftronflares dv 00 00 05 PAL 48 kHz 00 05 09 08 Presentation_softron dv 00 00 27 PAL 48 kHz 2 L4 e009 Playlisti Manuel Elapsed 00 12 20 1 Remaining 12 20 25 08 Z Show Thumbnails E Hide Playback Controls 14 item s in list Start Time Thumbnail Filename L pa 2005 08 19 12 30 00 mM F 00 11 24 11 Mam 1fas_2IN_strellifemmes_voNL mov 00 00 51 PUM Ys 2005 04 20 03 44 34 Y 00 12 15 07 00 12 18 12 Blue dv 00 00 00 2005 01 03 18 16 38 Y 00 12 24 23 Foot Mouscron dv 00 03 03 2005 07 27 17 23 33 00 15 28 08 streetlife avi 00 03 40 2004 03 10 03 48 32 00 19 08 08 streetlife avi 00 03 40 2004 03 10 03 48 32 2004 03 10 03 48 32 00 22 48 08 E streetlife avi 00 03 40 OnTheAir Video Express OnTheAir Video Express is the entry level playout application Its strength relies in that it can output any file QuickTime can read to any available Video output If you can open a file with QuickTime you can output it with OnTheAir Video Express It can also read ARGB files This means that from A
67. olumes Video Clips Clip8 mov Now to open this file in OnTheAir Video simply go in the menu File gt Import ASCI Playlist This will import all the 8 files in OnTheAir Video You will then have to save the playlist and reopen it in order to use it 1 43 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services gt 11 44 7 4 7 5 Creating a playlist in XML Third party integration Creating a playlist directly in XML the playlists native format is a bit more complicated than creating an ASCII playlist but so much easier after because it s the native format of OnTheAir Video playlists Also you can add as much information in the XML as if you were doing the playlist in OnTheAir Video you can add Logo Actions In Out points etc To know how to format the OnTheAir Video playlist the easiest is to create one on your computer save it and then right click on the playlist file and choose in the menu Open With and then open it with any text editor like Text Edit or Text Wrangler You will see that there are many informations referenced in the XML but if you create the playlists yourself you do not have to set all the information there you don t have to create the thumbnail for example The minimum information you have to enter in your XML is the File Name and Path to the clip The File Name is what will be seen in the user interface and can be totally different then the real File Name A minimum two
68. on Media Services gt 9 2 Reading the As run logs files with a Text Editor If you run OnTheAir Video and play some clips then go to the logs folder specified in the preferences you will see that there are text file created with names such as OnTheAir Video Log 2010 02 20 txt Every day a different File is created So it doesn t get too big In this log you will find different types of informations OnTheAir Video with Version number started AOTRE 11 12 12 Tuesday secano ONTHEAIR VIDEO STARTED v 2 4b30 OnTheAir Video stopped 2010 02 23 10 21 32 Tuesday isc ONTHEAIR VIDEO STOPPED The playlist MyPlaylistl vpls has been started by the schedule 2010 02 23 11 12 15 Tuesday MyPlaylist1 vpls SCHEDULED START MyPlaylist1 vpls The clip MyClip1 mov belonging to MyPlaylistl vpls has been started 2010 02 23 11 12 29 Tuesday MyPlaylist1 vpls CLIP START MyClip1 mov The clip MyClip1 mov belonging to MyPlaylistl vpIs has been manually started by user 2010 02 23 11 12 29 Tuesday MyPlaylist1 vpls MANUAL START MyClip1 mov The clip MyClip1 mov with Logo MyLogol png belonging to MyPlaylistl vpls has been started 2010 02 23 11 39 31 Tuesday MyPlaylist1 vpls CLIP START MyClip1 mov Logo Logos MyLogol png The Action MyAction1 has been triggered with the MyParameter Parameter 2010 02 23 11 22 40 Tuesday 014 JEUDI 14 JANVIER vpls Executing action MyAction1 MyParameter
69. orted and it should not be an issue to upgrade drivers of your video card However it happens from time to time that some issues appear when upgrading drivers So always do a test on another computer first and stay tuned with our News page www softron tv news html to be informed about possible issues If you encounter any problem contact us using the Support Contact page from the website Storage You can use any volume that will mount on your Mac to read the video with OnTheAir Video But of course you need to check that the data rate is sustained considering the codec and file format you are using You can use OnTheAir Video with the internal disks of your Mac But if you are working with a large number of files or are working with High Definition files we recommend you work with Fibre Channel storage from a third party supplier Consult one of our reseller to know what is the best configuration for your workflow l 10 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services l 11 2 4 Supported Codecs File format OnTheAir Video supports most QuickTime codecs The files must however correspond to the following e only self contained movies no Reference movie supported e it must have at least one Video Track in a thread safe codec e only i frame codecs no time compressed codecs supported such as MPEG 2 or HDV e it must have at least one Stereo audio track in Linear PCM 16 24 bit 48Khz e only Stereo Track
70. playlist at the end of the previous playlist Follow On the example above you can see that the schedule consist of lines of text with different data 1 For example the first line 2009 11 06 the date 02 00 00 the time to start Volumes Video Playlists PlaylistA vpls the full path to the playlist 0 the playlist is NOT in Loop This first line will tell OnTheAir Video to start PlaylistA at 02 00 on the 6 of November It will not play the playlist in Loop 2 If you take the second line empty No date set empty No time set Volumes Video Playlists PlaylistB vpls the full path to the playlist 0 the playlist is in NOT Loop This second line will tell OnTheAir Video to start PlaylistB only when Playlist A is finished playing It will not cut playlist A 3 For example the third line 2009 11 06 the date 04 30 00 the time to start Volumes Video Playlists PlaylistA vpls the full path to the playlist 0 the playlist is NOT in Loop This third line will tell OnTheAir Video to start PlaylistC at 08 00 on the 6 of November It will not wait for PlaylistB to finish it will cut it whatever is playing and start precisely at 08 00 OnTheAir Video will play Playlist C in Loop until the next event at 08h00 I 46 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services gt 8 3 Preparing a Schedule with a text editor You can prepare a Schedule file using a simple Text editor such as Text Edit or Text
71. preferences JE CO EX EX JE XX 000000090 9 000 0000 S 7 N D Sources radio buttons IV 65 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services Here above you can see a screenshot of OnTheAir Switch application that control a 8 x 8 Video Router The User Interface will be changed considering which type of Video router you want to control With OnTheAir Switch you can manually click on the desired source to be sent to the desired destination and it will remotely change the Video Router But of course when handling Live we want that to be automatic We want OnTheAir Video to automatically change the Video Router so it switches the source of the video out to air from OnTheAir Video to the studio or any other source available on the Video Router To do that we will use the Actions ARR Build the Actions to control your Video Router IV 66 First build two Actions that we will call Live Start and Live End and save them in the Actions folder This Live Start Action will be like this on Action parameter ignoring application responses tell application OnTheAir Switch set input of output 1 to 3 end tell end ignoring end Action This Live End Action will be like this on Action parameter ignoring application responses tell application OnTheAir Switch set input of output 1 to 2 end tell end ignoring end Action Where output 1 is the first output of
72. press N Then to place the clips you want where you want them you have several options e Next to the playlist window open a finder window or another playlist window From this window find the clips that you want to use Select a clip or many clips hold the click on it and move it in the playlist window then release the mouse button when it is at the place you want it to be This new clip will go at the top of the selected clip in the playlist where you dropped it e Open two playlists and select one or more clips then press C or choose Edit gt Copy Then select the playlist in which you want to copy these files and select the clip on the top of which you want to place them Then press V or choose Edit gt Paste e Select the clip on the top of which you want to place the new clips then press N or choose File gt Add Then select the clip s you want to add and press OK 7 3 Creating a playlist in ASCII Using ASCI playlist is a very easy way for an external application to create playlists if they don t want to bother creating an XML An ASCII playlist is simply a Text file that holds only the full or relative path to the clips The text file should look like this Volumes Video Clips Clipl mov Volumes Video Clips Clip2 mov Volumes Video Clips Clip3 mov Volumes Video Clips Clip4 mov Volumes Video Clips Clip5 mov Volumes Video Clips Clip6 mov Volumes Video Clips Clip7 mov V
73. r CG Using GPI Commander in Live productions OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services 11 42 11 42 11 43 11 43 11 44 11 44 1 45 11 45 11 46 Il 47 11 48 I 51 I 53 I 54 HNI 55 Il 55 I 56 I 57 11 60 11 60 11 60 I 61 1 61 11 62 IV 64 IV 65 IV 65 IV 66 IV 67 IV 70 IV 70 IV 71 IV 72 IV 74 IV 74 IV 74 IV 75 Welcome to OnTheAir Video Remarks In this manual pop up menus will be indicated as File gt Save As The word File before the sign gt indicates the menu from the menu bar The information after the gt sign is a command that you can choose within the menu You can visit our web site www softron tv for information about updates as well as to contact us for support In the first part of this manual we will briefly introduce you to OnTheAir Video You will learn about the different video formats supported the different configurations and how to install and launch the software l 4 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services About OnTheAir Video 1 1 Some quick facts OnTheAir Video OTAV is an OS X application that allows you to broadcast almost any video clip that can be exported directly from Final Cut Pro or any other editing software It can be used by television stations large or small network or closed circuit to broadcast programs or as video player for news or live television programming OnTh
74. re i frame and has some advanced features some are optional such as Logo overlay multilingual Actions to trigger external devices such as GPI or Character generators etc Scheduling For Live shows OnTheAir Video also has the Cue mode which will make it a very easy to use video player to start Video subjects OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services gt 1 3 About the differences with OnTheAir Node OnTheAir Video is a playout application that needs to be controlled from the computer where the application is running However some usage may require to control the playout from a different computer For example if you install the playout computer in a Machine Room and want to control the playout from the Control Room With OnTheAir Video this is only possible using a Screen Sharing application or some Apple Scripts This can work very nicely for some users but is not always the ideal solution may be a little slow etc That is why Softron has developed a version of OnTheAir Video that is based on the client server architecture and it is called OnTheAir Node OnTheAir Node uses the same reliable engine as OnTheAir Video but brings the power of a client server architecture With OnTheAir Video One client controls one output With OnTheAir Node OnTheAir Manager One client OnTheAir Manager control one output OnTheAir Node on the same computer One client OnTheAir Manager
75. resolution as the screen 720 width 576 height 72 dpi for SD 1440 width 1080 height 72 dpi for DVCPRO HD 1920 width 1080 height 72 dpi for Apple ProRes or HD It is possible to automatically associate graphic files to video files This allows for a particular logo to be overlaid every time one clip is played For that you just need to place a png file with the same name as the video file AND in the same folder OnTheAir CG is a good complement to OnTheAir Video as it enables the use of ticker animated graphics texts that can be controlled from OnTheAir Video with Actions AppleScripts 60050 Preferences l Playback Defaults Timecode Logo Overlay Files Folders Scheduling Default Logo logo Cityzen 16 9 png H CI Overlay logo by default _ Wait for logo when playing clips Default Logo Indicates the logo that OnTheAir Video must overlay by default on the clips It will often be your Station s logo Overlay Logo by default If this option is enabled every time you add a clip to a playlist the logo overlay option for this clip will be enabled You can still deactivate the logo overlay by unchecking the option in the playlist Wait For logo when playing clips If this option is enabled the playback will only start once OnTheAir Video has finished decompressing the logo thus it can be a little longer If disabled playout will start immediately and the logo might be overlaid a little after the
76. s supported for 5 1 audio you should use multiple stereo tracks e only thread safe tracks no text track nor Closed Captioning Track supported When you export from final cut Pro and enable to Export Chapter Markers DVD Studio Pro Marker or any Marker it will create a Text track in the QuickTime file This Text track is not supported by OnTheAir Video To delete a Text track from a QuickTime file you need QuickTime 7 Pro and then select Window gt Show Movie Properties then select the Track delete it and save the file IT will then be accepted by OnTheAir Video Any file that is not in the list of supported codecs or that does not meet any of the condition above will not be accepted in the playlist If you try to drag amp drop it in the playlist it will simply not be accepted If a valid file in a playlist is replaced by a non valid clip it will be shown as Offline OnTheAir node with its Media cataloging gives more information about the reason Some Codecs are installed with the system when QuickTime is installed However some codecs may need to be installed afterwards This is the case with IMX or Apple ProRes for example To check which codec is installed make sure they are located in the following folder Library QuickTime Some codecs are also installed when you install Final Cut Pro or can be purchased from third party developers such as MXF4Mac or Calibrated To have the list of supported codecs for OnTheAir Video c
77. st Basics There are two things to consider when preparing for playout Playlists and Schedules A playlist is a document that you save on your disk that is simply a compilation of clips The extension of a playlist is vpls It s an XML file with all the information of the clips etc It will look like that Remaining 00 00 00 z Chain i Loop Cue RE ED ED HE E2 EB Show Thumbnails B Hide Playback Controls 30 item s in list Start Time Thumbnail Filename _ f i L 00 00 00 00 1121 Softron_OnTheAirVideo SD mo 00 00 10 00 EN Mi 00 00 10 00 DemoPhantom SD mov 00 03 15 24 00 03 25 24 LUXETV ChampagneCastellane 00 06 21 06 00 09 47 06 OMS LUXETV Filler_Cars SD mov 00 02 06 14 E 00 11 53 21 L LUXETV Filler_Escape 1 5D mov 00 02 55 20 E 00 14 49 16 LUXETV Filler Escape 2 SD mov 00 02 56 24 00 17 46 15 LUXETV Filler_Escape 3 SD mov 00 20 58 23 LUXETV Filler_Jewellery SD mov 00 03 00 04 EN 00 23 59 03 Ea LUXETV Filler Spa SD mov 00 03 06 04 11 42 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services gt 7 2 Creating a playlist manually Creating playlists is relatively simple You do so by using drag and drop between the finder and a playlist or between two playlists The advantage of drag and dropping clips between two playlists is that the clip settings logo volume in out points will also be kept To create a new playlist choose File gt New Playlist or
78. sted Audio Output Sets the output on which the Audio Signal must be sent you must set this for AJA Blackmagic Matrox Audio or select the Built In Audio output If you choose Built In Audio for your audio output be aware that there will be a synch issue between the audio and the video due to the process time of the video signal Audio Stereo Pairs OnTheAir Video supports multi channel audio outputs For that the QuickTime File must have different channels embedded You can choose how many pairs you d like to output The multiple audio output is an option so in case you can select only one output check that your audio Output supports multiple audio and that you have ordered the multi audio option Pair Language In QuickTime you can set the language that corresponds to an audio Track For example you can set Audio Track 1 to be English Audio Track 2 to be French Audio Track 3 to be German Then in OnTheAir Video you will set on which language will be outputted on which Pair If you set in OnTheAir Video that the German should be outputted on Pair 1 it will be even if in QuickTime the German is on Audio Track 3 If you don t set any language OnTheAir Video will simply take Audio Track 1 to output it on Pair 1 Audio Track 2 to Pair 2 etc Only accept clips with suitable languages Check this option if you want that OnTheAir Video refuses all clips that don t have the appropriate number of audio tracks or audio languages
79. t Overlay Logo Folder When you save your logos in that folder you are then able to select a different logo for each clip in the playlist However you may want to have a different logo for each clip and not to have to select it each time you place your clip in the playlist This is possible simply by placing a png logo file in the same folder as the video file with the same name as the video file except the extension of course And that s it the next time OnTheAir Video will play it will overlay that logo on top Be aware that it will bypass all you could have set in the Clip drawer EVE Controlling OnTheAir CG IV 74 You can control OnTheAir CG from OnTheAir Video using the Actions For that you need to e install on your computer the application OnTheAir CG Controller e add in the OnTheAir CG Controller preferences the IP adress of the OnTheAir CG you want to control 127 0 0 1 if it s on the same computer e set inthe OnTheAir CG server its local IP adress Preferences gt Communications Then when you start OnTheAir CG Controller in the Simplified Command tab you can prepare some commands to send to the CG like Start project X Stop project X Modify text X When you have prepared what you want to do you have a button to Export for OnTheAir Video Save it in the Actions folder of OntheAir Video and this will create for you an AppleScripts to be used in the OnTheAir Video Actions So very easy
80. t will start at 19h00 so we will enter 19 00 00 00 And now instead of having a Start time set to 00 00 00 00 it will be set to 19 00 00 00 00 00 00 t Chain A Loop KET TC start Show Thumbnails A Hide Playback Controls 550 item s in list Start Time Thumbnail Filename 19 00 00 00 DemoPhantom SD mov 00 03 15 44 M tien 2009 05 20 19 35 55 EN hd A ShowReel Apple ProRes 422 mov 00 03 34 19 2010 02 10 14 55 16 EN EJ 19 03 15 24 19 06 50 18 MW Y Softron_Crowd_AppleProRes Apple 00 00 05 00 e This Absolute Start Time is just an indication to help you to know at what time each clip will be triggered It will NOT mean that the clip will start at 19 00 00 00 or whatever time set e The Start time is incremented even if the clip is offline This means that you have to make sure that there is no offline clip in the playlist to be sure of the actual start time of each clip To check if there is no offline clip quickly just press F1 or go to File gt Check for missing clips gt 8 7 Other ways to Schedule OnTheAir Video As OnTheAir Video is AppleScriptable you can easily create an AppleScript file that will be triggered by an iCal alarm to launch a playlist and play the playlist or a specific clip in that playlist see the white paper about Scheduling with iCal available from the website If you want to build schedules one in advance but don t want to bother creating the schedule file with a Tex
81. t back again from the beginning Default resize settings OnTheAir Video can resize your clips to the size and position you ask You can do that for one clip or if you always want to have a resize made by default you can set it up here Individual clips settings will be applied whatever the playlist settings are if your playlist is in chain mode BUT one of your clips is set to Stop At End the playlist will stop playing at the end of this clip Display Clip Last Modification Date and Time This option allows you display information concerning the Clip s last modification Date and Time The display of this information can be personalized by entering the conversion specifiers corresponding to the information you would like to see in your playlists in the format area On the following page you will find the list of the conversion specifiers OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services Shorthand for X x Date and Time using the local format Same as d but does not print the leading O for numbers 1 to 9 Day of the year as a decimal number 001 366 H Hour based on a 24 hour clock as a decimal number 00 23 Hour based on a 12 hour clock as a decimal number O1 12 For example if you want to see the name of day the date the time with milliseconds at which the clip was last modified you ll have to enter the following in the Format area LA C F this might show as Monday 20 02 2006 16
82. t editor you can create a schedule file with an Excel worksheet I 54 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services As run logs Every time a clip is played by OnTheAir Video it can be referenced in a text file so you know exactly when a clip was played This way you can inform your clients about their campaign and make Media Campaign Reports Configuring OnTheAir Video for As run logs First go to OnTheAir Video gt Preferences gt Files Folders and select the folder where you want the As run logs to be saved Playback Defaults Timecode Logo Overlay Files Folders Scheduling Clips Folder root E Overlay Logos Folder fUsers admin Pictures Logos As Run Logs Folder Schedule File Gare 7s i chedule txt Then go to OnTheAir Video gt Preferences gt Playback and e enable the Generate as run logs option e enable or not the Actions option this will add in the logs all the Actions that were triggered e enable or not the Logo option for each clip this will add which logo was overlaid Playback Defaults Timecode Logo Overlay Files Folders Scheduling Video Standard Full HD 1080i 50 PAL Video Output Video Mode AJA Kona3 1080i25 8 Bit C Audio cut between clips M Generate as run logs Actions C Logo C Auto update start times in playlists while playing I 55 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softr
83. tension png at the end To choose which file is to be overlaid select one or more clips and in the drawer click on the logo overlay pull down menu and select the file you want You can also automatically overlay one png file on a movie file You simply need to name the graphic file exactly the same as the movie file except that the extensions will be different and place it in the same folder as the movie file OnTheAir Video is scanning the folders in which the movie files are and if it finds a graphic png file with exactly the same name as a movie file it will overlay it when playing it You can still change the logo afterwards in the clip settings drawer If you wish to have more complicated Graphics overlay like tickers animated logo clocks etc Check our product OnTheAir CG It can be controlled from OnTheAir Video so you can choose when to overlay your graphics as well Edit Actions Actions are used to control external devices from within OnTheAir Video You can control OnTheAir CG our graphics overlay application or any Video Router Actions are AppleScripts which are started at a specific time of the clip The AppleScripts must be created in AppleScript Editor and be saved in the Folder Edit Actions located in the same folder as the Application itself Once you have created AppleScripts saved them in the Actions folder at the same level as OnTheAir Video application Folder you can start using them Click on the
84. this Timeline are Elapsed Time and Remaining Time indicators It is limited to 59 minutes 59 seconds Above that limit it indicates These windows can indicate the Remaining or Elapsed Time for the playlist OR for the clip To change that right click on the numbers or ctrl click and choose whether you want these numbers to indicate the Elapsed or Remaining Time for the Playlist or for the Clips The numbers in the left window Elapsed Time are in grey all the time The numbers in the right window Remaining Time are mostly in green but 30 seconds before 0 they become orange and 10 seconds before the end they become red I 31 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services gt 5 2 Playback Modes Chain B Loop HE Cue D TC Start Here are the different play modes e Chain in this mode the clips will play one after the other in the order of the playlist If unchecked OnTheAir Video will stop after each clip e Loop at the end of the playlist OnTheAir Video will go back to the beginning and replay the playlist e Cue when double clicking on a clip or when selecting a clip and pressing on the space bar or clicking on Play instead of playing immediately the clip will be paused on the first frame When pressing the space bar again or clicking on Play the clip will start to play This is very useful for News and live shows when the subject is ready on the first frame It s
85. ule is disabled red LED OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services If you click on Re read schedule OnTheAir Video will read the schedule file set in preference and check its consistency If there are some date and or time inconsistency the dates time don t follow correctly you will get a warning Error reading the schedule file The schedule file you are trying to read presents at least one date and or time inconsistency at line 20 Therefore it has not been loaded Please verify the Schedule file and try again If there is no date time inconsistency then the schedule window will be populated with the new schedule You are then ready to use the schedule To use it click on Enable When you click on that button the status to the left becomes Enabled and OnTheAir Video will start playing the playlist it should be playing at the desired position A green line will show you at which position you are in the schedule If playlists are shown it red it means that they are offline or that their duration is less then 30 seconds the minimum playlist duration 6006 Schedule 1 2 ak Date Time Playlist Loop 02 25 10 Thu 02 00 00 PlaylistA wpls PlaylistB vpls 02 25 10 Thu 04 30 00 EIR 02 25 10 Thu 05 01 01 PlaylistD vpls PlaylistE vpls 02 25 10 Thu 09 00 00 PlaylistA vpls 3 PlaylistB vpls 02 25 10 Thu 19 00 00 PlaylistA vpls Play
86. y them out It will also depend on the video card that you are using as some video card may not play the video lines with the Captioning info on it It is also possible to add Captioning signal on your video output using two things e adedicated software to encode Captioning information to an audio track that you can then use in your editing software such as Final Cut Pro e avideo card that will decode the audio track and encode the Captioning to the video signal when playing the clip so it can be read by all TV monitors e you will also need the multi audio output option of OnTheAir Video so you can output more than one Stereo track With that method you will understand that the Captioning information is added only at the end of the process One of the software that encode Captioning information to Audio is called MacCaption http www cpcweb com MacCaption can import existing caption files or create new captions from scratch and exports a true 708 caption track to ensure the video is compliant with all FCC regulations supports all ElA 708 features l 13 OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services l 14 2 9 Check on the CPC website to see which products are compatible but at the time of writing here is a list of some of the video card that will decode the Audio Track e Matrox MXO2 Please note that HDMI and component connections do NOT carry closed captioning data More information on HD
87. ying offline and locked logos e Filename If thumbnails are hidden it shows only the name duration and symbol for in out points If thumbnails are show it show the Last Modification date of the clip the Audio Channel Languages and a symbol for Clip End behavior Actions an MIDI e Logo when checked a logo will be overlaid The logo overlaid will be by default the one specified in the preferences You can also choose a different logo for each clip For more info on this see p 27 29 for preferences settings and p 40 for logo options e Time Code This column is shown only if the option timecode Start is checked It indicates the timecode at which the clip should be started See P 35 for information about this option before using it a e _ OnTheAir Video Playlist Elapsed 00 00 00 Remaining A aa 00 00 00 Z Chain X Loop X Cue X TC Start Z Show Thumbnails B Hide Playback Controls 7 item s in list Start Time Thumbnail Filename L Auto Start TC 18 22 57 11 Pub Asics dv 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 2006 10 20 15 24 40 O Y 18 01 24 10 amp 18396 sportrait 320 mp4 00 21 28 00 00 00 00 2006 06 07 16 03 19 O 22 52 oo PUBin_ fre 18 00 00 00 GENE COUP D ENVOI MUSIQUE dv 00 01 24 00 00 00 00 2004 04 23 10 54 07 EN M E 2004 09 07 12 18 28 EN O 18 23 22 11 Kirby dv 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 2005 06 15 13 15 46 EN Y 18 23 17 10 LU_PUBout_A dv 00 00 05 00 00 00 00 18 25 22
88. ylists you can perform several operations Inserting and ordering the clips by drag and drop With drag and drop the clips are inserted at the top of the clip where your pointer is You can organize the clips even in a playing playlist as long as the clip is not locked Copy paste one or more clips Select one or more clips in a playlist then press C or select Edit gt Copy then in another playlist or the same playlist select a clip and then press V or select Edit gt Paste The copied clips will be pasted at the top of the selected clip You can also Copy Paste one or more clips by holding the alt key while moving a clip within a playlist OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services gt 56 Clip Settings Drawer This drawer allows you to change the settings of one ore more clips within a playlist The settings are applied to all the selected clips the ones in bluel Be aware that this setting doesn t change the file itself If you change the settings of a clip in a playlist it doesn t change the settings of this same clip in other playlists You can of course copy paste the clip from a playlist to another and it will Keep its clip settings 60e OnTheAir Video he a ett 00 22 54 00 0 42 e Playback i Clip End Behaviour Normal 00 00 02 3 In Out Points Splitting wz Chain Loop Cue ax
89. your Video Router the one that is going out to air input 2 is the source video signal coming from OnTheAir Video input 3 is the source video signal coming from your Studio So the Live Start Action will send the video signal coming from the Studio to Air and the Live End Action will send the signal coming from OnTheAir Video to Air OnTheAir Video 2 5 User Manual vers 1 4 Softron Media Services gt 11 2 V 6 7 TE the Live Start and Live End Actions in OnTheAir Video Now make sure that the 2 Actions are saved in the Actions folder and that you can see them in the Edit Actions window in OnTheAir Video Time Il ComingNext H Parameter 00 00 00 00 LIVE End Escape to the wild 00 00 39 2727 V LIVE Start 00 01 53 00 CWE End p Y M Actions 1 ComingNext scpt LIVE End scpt LIVE Start scpt 3 OnTheAir Video app 3 OnTheAirTools app Let s say then that every day you have a LIVE show starting at 18 00 until 19 00 and that your Schedule looks like this es Schedule Date Time Playlist Loop Thu 25 Feb 02 00 00 PlaylistA vpls PlaylistB vpls Thu 25 Feb 13 00 00 PlaylistC vpls Thu 25 Feb 18 00 00 LIVE vpls Thu 25 Feb 19 00 00 PlaylistE vpls Fri 26 Feb 02 00 00 PlaylistA vpls PlaylistB vpls Fri 26 Feb 13 00 00 PlaylistC vpls Fri 26 Feb 17 00 00 PlaylistD vpls Fri 26 Feb 18 00 00 LIVE vpls Fri 26 Feb 19 00 00 PlaylistE vpls Sat 27 Feb 02 00 00 PlaylistA

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