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CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide (Version 2.0)

1. CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide Table 6 1 Settings and results for an output play out cont Source Bin Clip Video Format Result Properties Settings Output Remarks Color Rance SDI Rance Color Rance Mode 5 Mode 8 Mode 6 YUV Head RGB RGB range RGB Full Conversion of YUV Full Head to RGB Full YUV Head RGB RGB range RGB Head Conversion of YUV Head Head to RGB Head YUV Head YUV YUV range YUV Full Conversion of YUV Full Head to YUV Full YUV Head YUV YUV range YUV Head No conversion 1 1 of Head original RGB Head RGB RGB range RGB Full Conversion of RGB Full Head to RGB Full RGB Head RGB RGB range RGB Head No conversion 1 1 of Head original RGB Head YUV YUV range YUV Full Conversion of RGB Full Head to YUV Full RGB Head YUV YUV range YUV Head Conversion of RGB Head Head to YUV Head YUV Fu RGB RGB range RGB Full Conversion of YUV Full Full to RGB Full YUV Fu RGB RGB range RGB Head Conversion of YUV Full Head to RGB Head YUV Fu YUV YUV range YUV Full No conversion 1 1 of Full original YUV Fu YUV YUV range YUV Head Conversion of YUV Full Head to YUV Head 6 4 2 In the I O Tool or When Recording Data When performing a capturing of video material it is the provided source signal and the storage settings that will i
2. This setting is valid for an output of video i data as well as for a record for example when CLIPSTER is controlled in slave mode via RS 422 Furthermore this setting provides the same function as the Timecode offset setting in the Timecode group of the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool see section The Group Timecode on page 2 46 When adjusting the TC Start setting the project related setting in the Configuration Tool will be adjusted as well and vice versa S Notation hh mm ss ff Example 01 34 05 22 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs TC fps TC Drop frame ANC Generator This setting is concerned with the timecode signal Either select a predefined frame rate from the com bo box list or enter the frame rate that the time code should provide directly With it you can record or play out the timecode signal in another frame rate as set via the originally selected video format Use it for example when you want to record video data which will be sent in a 15 Hz raster but the project should provide e g when played out later via CLIPSTER again a higher frame rate The time codes of the available timelines in the CLIPSTER software will be adjusted to this setting according ly When an output of video material is performed you can sent out for example the timecode signal with a lower frame rate with this setting e g 30 Hz while the video signal is given out in a higher one
3. C 3 33 44 11 12 21 D 44 11 12 23 33 6 3 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide 6 4 Pulldown Start Phase Result Setting Setting 2 3 Pulldown A 11 22 23 34 44 B 22 23 34 44 11 C 3 34 44 11 22 21 D 4 44 11 22 23 31 1 When operating as a slave this start phase in conjunction with the selected pulldown method will not work because CLIPSTER is not able to start or end on second video fields in slave mode PVs Configuration Explanations 6 3 Color Space Conversions and Scalings In professional video production and postproduction for the transfer storage and handling of video data normally two kinds of color spaces are used RGB and YUV YUV is also known as YC C The format that is used mostly for play out or record of video data is YUV whereas RGB is mainly used if you need the video data in its highest quality for ex ample if you want to process the video data with editing and effects computer software There are several differences between the RGB and the YUV format and some of them will be discussed in this section 6 3 1 RGB The RGB signal is a component signal Each video pixel is described by values of R red G green B blue All three values together describe the luminance and the color of a pixel With RGB there are two different color space ranges possible arestricted value range and a full value range In RGB 8 bit with a color spa
4. Original A ropping LUT ubbing Cancel SDI Matri YUY range RGB range H input delay V input delay Variframe ct ratio 10 Bit SMPTE 274 Head Full 4 Internal 0 o HVTTL HF VF CCRC IKOKO Croppin 3D LUT Monitoring Apply YUY 4 2 2 10 Bit APTE 274 Head Full Internal Cancel Figure 3 1 Different windows to set a video format As you can see the window to configure the video format for an input e g as in the CLIPSTER I O Tool and the one to configure an output 3 2 Video Format Settings e g as in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool differ in some respect However be cause the settings items for an input of video signals will mostly be available in the video format window for an output as well this section focuses on the items of the window as they appear when configuring the output format Thus the items for an input of video signals will mostly be included The items that are exclusively available in the window to con i figure an input of video signals are explained separately in sec tion Special Items when Configuring the Input Format on page 3 17 The items of the Options area of the output video format win dow are not described in this user guide Because exclusively concerned with the Edit Tool they are in detail explained in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool user guide There are customized video rasters optionally available f
5. This value is a characteristic of the connected external device e g a VTR that can be found in its the technical details Enter in this field the edit lag of the device To change it either enter a new value in frames or use the controls to the right of this field to step the value up or down Notation In frames Example 7 Some external devices have difficulties when handling embedded audio that provides more than four audio channels With this check box you can determine that CLIPSTER will give out only four audio channels embedded in the video signal This setting provides almost the same function ality as the AIV audio in video setting of the video format output settings see section The Additional Configurations on page 3 15 However where the video format settings allow for a general configuration of the output only with this setting you can configure the given out audio for each external device separately i e when performing a master slave operation with the CLIPSTER I O Tool If the check box is en abled it will overrule the AIV configuration of the video format settings when set differently Video Format Settings Setting the video format is for most works important and necessary It is a function included in almost every module of the CLIPSTER soft ware e g in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool or the CLIPSTER I O Tool With it you are able to configure and determine the in or output format video raster
6. Workstation Software CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide Introduction The Configuration Tool Video Format Settings Bin Clip Properties Other Applications and Systems Configuration Explanations Index User Guide Version 2 0 for CLIPSTER Software Version 2 0 Copyright 2006 by DVS Digital Video Systems GmbH Hanover All rights reserved The manuals as well as the soft and or hardware described here and all their constituent parts are protected by copyright Without the express permission of DVS Digital Video Systems GmbH any form of use which goes beyond the narrow bounds prescribed by copyright legislation is prohibited and liable to prosecution This particularly applies to duplication copying translation processing evaluation publishing and storing and or processing in an electronic system Specifications and data may change without notice We offer no guarantee that this documentation is correct and or complete In no event shall DVS Digital Video Systems GmbH be liable for any damages whatsoever including without limitation any special indirect or consequential damages and damages resulting from loss of use data or profits or business interruption arising out of the use of or inability to use the hardware software and or manual materials Those parts of this documentation that describe optional software or hardware features usually contain a correspondi
7. usually with the following syntax lt string gt 0Yd lt ext gt lt string gt Preceding string of file name Marker that the following is a for mat string 0 If the output of the format string does not provide the stated length fill it with zeros 0 Y Number of digits for example 5 d Marker that the format string is a decimal number lt ext gt File extension Example Hollywood 05d dpx With this setting the file names on the hard disk array should be Hollywood00001 dpx Hollywood00002 dpx Hollywood00003 dpx etc Changing this setting may lead to an in valid clip Shows the start index of the clip i e the first frame number that is available indicated by the file name with audio files usually zero 0 This setting will be determined by CLIP i STER automatically and cannot be al tered Bin Clip Properties Stop index User stop index Type File format Shows the stop index of the clip i e either the last frame number that is available indicated by the file name or the last audio sample determined by the length of the audio clip This setting will be determined by CLIP i STER automatically and cannot be al tered With this check box and the entry field to the right you can define a stop index by your own usually greater than Stop index The clip will then pro vide the stated length User stop index minus Start index once it has been added to the time l
8. Analyse above overlay 005 2 33 Analyse color sextet eee 2 33 Analyse type scticteceeri cnt ch tacsi cas 2 33 anamorph scce 2 41 2 42 4 10 ANC Generator ccce 3 14 Application tisanislecss2ctantuaxesensatecadeas 2 22 application external cc 2 21 destructive export essees 2 23 Aspect ratio n 2 41 3 15 4 10 video overlay secccccscccce 3 1 audio embedded channels 2 60 3 16 MOJE Gg meee eee neater rae ee 4 15 properties of multi clip 4 2 4 13 SAMPE sects seveezcut eietarttaeete 2 51 4 7 audio settings ee 4 4 4 13 Auto load last project 0008 2 24 AUtO SAVE ee eee eee eee eee 2 25 AUto Scale supzcctisnssivicekenlesestelesccass 3 16 AULOCONFOFMING ooeec 2 16 autodetection 3 9 3 17 6 12 autoscaling een eee ee eee 3 16 I l I l autoscaling details 3 6 AUX T seaeasasncat Neweseaebyedahciaiaiectaceeees 5 3 B DCMU E E 2 25 DID aeaee ra a secs 2 13 4 1 add Clips ionorosoosneiisi 6 10 6 15 create folders n se 2 20 thumbnail size asss 2 14 Bin path Setaict tices ctactaiateiaiaieteacs 2 30 black level c2osced cookie icaeeescoriceseeds 2 42 broadcast eeen 6 8 button POG eeseteares este 2 22 2 59 4 14 Autodetection 2 59 3 9 3 17 Cancel ccccceeeeeeees 2 5 3 7 4 4 Config neeesser 2 3 Defa lt sirsie enir 2 58 Del prianie taaa 4 14 Delete eittie 2 22 2 59 FIN se eagseesecectdeneaseceskeessesacceeeke 3 9 HD aaien eet ettetaenie 3 9
9. However with this command the CLIPSTER application is left in its last state i e it is not closed itself For this you have to end all operations beforehand and enter the command Quit It will close the CLIPSTER software which will in turn also sever the network connection Configuration Explanations Some of the configuration settings that can be performed with the CLIPSTER software may need further explanations This chapter pro vides further details about some of the configuration settings of CLIP STER as well as additional backup information In the following you can find explanations for example about directo ry paths pulldown color space conversions and the VTR settings 6 1 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs 6 1 Notes on Directory Paths 6 2 The CLIPSTER software is able to use relative directory paths as well as absolute ones for some configuration settings as well as for the material added to the bin and the timeline s A relative path in the CLIPSTER software will always refer to the Sys tem base video directory see section The Group General on page 2 24 If you enter for example in the clip properties of a clip see chapter Bin Clip Properties on page 4 1 as its path Movie Clip it will be seen in relation to the system base video directory i e it will be lt System base video directory gt Movie Clip An absolute path contains the complete path to the clip or director
10. current ly 15 free disk space you will be informed about this by an error message each time the CLIPSTER software is started as well as prior to a record operation However a record of mate rial with the CLIPSTER software will still be pos sible until only 10 of free disk space is available absolute necessary safety margin Afterwards the recording of video or audio data with the CLIPSTER software is usually prohibit ed With this check box you can turn on or off the error messages about the free space as well as overrule the absolutely necessary safety mar gin A record can then be performed until the hard disk array is completely filled with data By overruling the absolutely necessary A safety margin you will most certainly impair the real time capability of CLIP STER If the first safety limit of the vid eo hard disk array is reached 15 free space itis best to refrain from copying or recording any more data onto the video hard disks With this item you can set the number of re cently loaded project files that should be dis played by the Recent files menu option on the Project menu menu bar of the CLIPSTER soft ware They can then be loaded again directly to the CLIPSTER software without searching for them in a dialog window Either enter the num ber manually or use the controls to the right of the entry field to step the value up or down until it is set as desired 2 27 CLIPSTER Configurations Us
11. form in the order indicated Texts preceded by this symbol are parts of a list Texts preceded by this symbol are general notes intended to fa cilitate work and help avoid errors You must pay particular attention to text that follows this symbol to avoid errors u m Texts enclosed by quotation marks are references to other man uals guides chapters or sections Window Window name Group Menu Either a group name menu name or options in a menu list Menu Option In the specified group or menu select the stated item BUTTON Text in small caps and bold indicates push but tons Item Text in bold only stands for other labelled items of the user interface File Either a directory structure file on a storage lo cation or a bin folder structure Entries Parameters selections or entries made in the software Key An individual key or a key combination on a keyboard Keyboard Short cuts To perform options or procedures with the keyboard often requires si multaneous pressing of two keys Example Ctrl F1 If this is given hold down the Ctrl key and press simultaneously the F1 key 1 5 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide 1 6 The Configuration Tool The Configuration Tool of CLIPSTER is one of the basic software mod ules of the CLIPSTER software It is used to configure and set up the video system and the CLIPSTER software For example with it you con figure the period for th
12. output the autoscaling feature either with or with out original aspect ratio has to be activated via the video format settings see section The Additional Configurations on page 3 15 Notation In pixels Example 1556 Depth This setting shows the color bit depth of the video clip CLIPSTER supports clips with a bit depth of up to 16 bit This setting will be determined by CLIP STER automatically and cannot be al tered 4 9 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs Alpha depth Aspect ratio Pixel ratio Frame rate Field mode Dominance Color mode Sampling If your clip provides an alpha key channel its bit depth will be displayed here no alpha channel equals 0 bit This setting will be determined by CLIP i STER automatically and cannot be al a tered The settings Aspect ratio and Pixel ratio change the representation mode of the image content available on the hard disk array They are related to each other Use either one of these settings to change the ratio of the clip for example to restore anamorphic captured material To see the effect of these settings in the video overlay or at the video output the autoscaling feature either with or with out original aspect ratio has to be activated via the video format settings see section The Additional Configurations on page 3 15 To alter these set tings type in in the entry fields a value manually or select one of the preset
13. outside of the clip where the menu option Export to Appli cation was called only the image sequence of the respective clip where the menu option was called will be sent CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs 2 5 6 The Group General The items under the group General are mainly concerned with general settings for the CLIPSTER software Here you can set for example the period for the automatic save function of the project file autosave This group is valid for the CLIPSTER software in general and is therefore available on the tab Defaults only amp Configuration Project Defaults x General Insert Project HOMB s amp x Timeline Vtr Figure 2 8 The settings items of the group General The settings pane of the group General provides the following items Auto load last If enabled this setting automatically loads the project project that was opened last with the CLIPSTER software after the starting of the application 2 24 The Configuration Tool Auto save Warn if base direc tory mismatch The autosave function automatically saves your project file after certain periods of time for back up purposes The backup will be saved to an ex tra file with the file name lt project file name gt cp autosave Every time this backup is performed it will be saved to this file Then it will contain the last changes to your project cur rently under work Use this item to
14. 14 Scrub bar nese secscecccennccccccaveatees 2 14 PA TA ETA A TS 2 14 Thumbnail height ccc 2 14 Thumbnail sets inpoint 2 14 Thumbnail width 2 14 timecode n os 2 43 2 46 3 14 delay slave mode 08 2 57 drop frame sissssdcessoriurapoiericians 3 14 NPG taccatt E EEE 3 14 OSET scabs eee see 2 49 3 13 offset source timecode 4 12 OUTPUT areri derisive catagni isisa nesis 3 14 SNOT oirinn urarena saninin ia 2 47 source timecode 2 43 2 46 2 47 2 48 3 18 4 11 4 12 Timecode offset ne 2 49 timeline oieee 2 51 4 1 4 3 align clips riceteateearesatatacmedeetcsees 2 20 CUFSOF 2 23 2 29 2 33 2 39 N OUtpOINt ie dostcesecencaccszenisest 2 52 marker color scasiessitest etincaeiens 2 53 waveform color ns 2 53 timeline name n se 3 5 3 8 timeline options eeeseeesssssssrennnnn 3 6 Tithe safety area nen 2 34 Tooltip values secs cieetininacteceteis 2 53 ROO OS icc c seca ceeiciclacavacenceeiaes 2 52 ValUeS getetesetenceitcasdatinbeneiedededs 2 53 transferring settings to project 2 10 transition lt ceaz bea cesocidenatacaaszaeiaadsaes 2 40 Trim audio to video frames 2 51 trimming of audio clips 2 51 WYO isining niaior aides 4 7 typographical conventions 1 5 U Undo depth 2 cetcensreciavecsestentarucrtcas 2 29 Use always default settings 2 59 Use Bin path ceccmarecatecersaeteecrsacesaes 2 30 User
15. For video formats sorted under the SD button in half pixels all other in full pixels Example 5 This setting adjusts the vertical phase of the sync output signal relative to the video output signal in lines The effect will be that you move the given out image content vertically To change it either enter a new value in lines or use the controls to the right of this field to step the value up or down Notation In lines Example 3 With this setting you can switch between timecode and frame notation for the CLIPSTER software For example if Frames is selected at all appropriate places the frame information is displayed instead of the timecode information Video Format Settings TC Start This setting provides the same function as i the Display setting in the Timecode group of the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool see section The Group Timecode on page 2 46 When adjusting the TC Type setting in the output video for mat window the project related setting in the Configuration Tool will be adjusted as well and vice versa In the field TC Start you can enter a time code frame offset for the incoming or outgoing video signal respectively If your play out timecode or source timecode during record needs an offset to match for instance with other projects enter the offset in timecode notation here Then for ex ample the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool will provide this timecode offset
16. General Clip Properties ssiusivesteseceeiehas ences uadacesass 4 5 4 22 The Flags cirosunun a o aaea 4 8 4 2 3 The Video Settings cccnn ewes 4 8 4 2 4 The Audio Settings eeen 4 13 Other Applications and Systems 0 ccceteeeeee 5 1 5 1 CLIPSTER and Digital Fusion cccs ccciie cece eases eek 5 2 5 1 1 System Preparation to Use Digital Fusion essc 5 2 5 1 2 Notes on Using Digital Fusion with CLIPSTER 5 2 5 2 The Multi device Operation Mode necese 5 3 5 2 1 Hardware Installation and Setup ccscsscsasnsseeedicccecncteianssons 5 3 5 2 2 Synchronizing the Devices ceee 5 6 5 2 3 Notes on the Multi device Operation Mode 008 5 7 5 2 4 Cable Specifications for a Multi device Operation 5 9 5 3 Mixer Function for Color Graders s e 5 10 Contents 5 4 Using CLIPSTER in a Network secese 5 11 5 4 1 Connecting to CLIPSTER sessssesrieserrrerrrrrerrrerrrrrerrren 5 11 5 4 2 List of Commands astesiiecieccceadteesscectoutetsdeelicaiieseees tues 5 11 5 4 3 Exiting a Network Connection escccsccccrcrcrreen 5 16 Configuration Explanations 0 0 0cccccececeteteteteeeeeee 6 1 6 1 Notes on Directory Paths ereere 6 2 6 2 Pulldown sseeeeeeeieeieeirrisrrrsrririnerisererrierrseriereereen 6 3 6 3 Color Space Conversions and Scalings ccceceeeeeeeeeeeees 6 5 631 ROB eaer eeceecooeesmn et net acceasdeneieeessccCecuescemmeeat sig 6 5 632 YUV se Sessa Aegeindes ean n r A AO
17. IEEE A EErEE 6 6 6 3 3 Color Space Conversions sisssctceicee cccsandeteeeesiiesg teenie 6 7 6 3 4 Color Space Scalings vcscchcressncSeccrerinetaretaese tcavereemsanutends 6 8 6 4 Setting Color Space Conversions and Scalings 0c8 6 10 6 4 1 In the Edit Tool or When Playing Out Data 6 10 6 4 2 In the I O Tool or When Recording Data 6 12 6 4 3 When Finalizing ocene 6 15 69 VIR SEUSS sce cosstra sun eedbinawtbressignthavsautectilesaggeavatuamamdagauditad 6 18 Indek rener pee ney reper eerie ern Sr rrenre erSeren en ree ae centr erin ae creer nearer err l 1 iii CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide Introduction This documentation describes the tools and settings to configure CLIP STER the real time conforming and finishing system manufactured by DVS CLIPSTER is a powerful high resolution video workstation with enormous flexibility especially designed to meet the demands of mod ern post production houses CLIPSTER offers capturing online editing and storing of digital film and audio data in one device The system performs all works in real time Video data is stored and worked with in its original uncompressed for mat independent of resolution color space or bit depth All formats and resolutions can be processed from SD up to 2K and the final result can be played out in a freely selectable format Conversions and calcu lation times for rendering processes are rarely necessary because
18. Port resembles the standard TCP Port setting It specifies the port that the CLIPSTER application should use when working together with a Pandora color grader For this the Pandora system has to be connected to CLIPSTER via a network Then the color grader will be able to control the CLIPSTER software via this port and send the necessary commands to it to perform a color grading of your timeline ma terial This setting should be entered as a 16 bit integer number Either type in the port manually or use the controls to the right of this field to step the value up or down Notation 16 bit integer number Default value 4330 2 45 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs 2 5 13 The Group Timecode The Timecode group provides settings to configure all timecode relat ed features such as switching between timecode and frame notation for the timeline scale and entry fields or defining a special timecode offset amp Configuration Project Defaults Group Bin 00 00 00 00 Output LTC Internal Output LTC raster Timeline Output VITC Internal Timecode Timeline Vtr Figure 2 16 The settings items of the group Timecode On the settings pane of the Timecode group you can find the follow ing items CLIPSTER supports the storage of timecode information within a file s header when allowed by the file format However of all file formats supported by the CLIPSTER software currently only the
19. and full color value range the respective color values have to get either stretched or compressed to fit into the selected color space range i e they have to be scaled 6 3 4 Color Space Scalings 6 8 When processing for example a scene in post production you will most likely work with RGB image files Afterwards during broadcast your images have to be color converted to receive a legal broadcast signal Such a signal must provide a headroom in the color values to provide for tolerances and a possible signal overshooting that may oc cur during the sampling of analog video signals So the color values have to be converted from a full value range RGB to the restricted val ue range YUV for a broadcast When using CLIPSTER all color space scalings are performed according to your selections in the software and the value ranges will be either stretched or compressed by applying the chosen color conversion ma trix fz Color conversion matrices are used when a conversion be Li tween different color spaces or scalings between different val ue ranges is necessary Usually with SD data the matrix colorimetry of the standard ITU R BT 601 applies setting CCIR 601 while with HD data the matrix of the standard SMPTE 274M setting SMPTE 274 is used To indicate the different value ranges DVS uses in its software the terms settings Full indicating a signal in the full value range and amp Configuration Explanatio
20. can be set with the combo box Lock synchronize CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs 2 34 Draw color Show safety areas Show safety area cross Title safety area Action safety area Frame Performs a synchronization of the frames This is the recom mended setting if both materials consist of the same frame rate Time Synchronizes the time This is the recommended setting if the frame rate differs between the clip from the bin and the materi al in the timeline The setting Draw color determines the color of the safety areas as well as the color of the video scope s graphs It shows you the color that is currently set for these items Right beside the field indicating the current color you can find a button A click on this button opens the standard window of the operating system to mix and change colors With the help of this window set the color to your liking and confirm your selection with the OK button Once your configuration settings are completed and con firmed they will be in effect for the video scopes and the safety areas If the Show safety areas check box is activat ed the title and the action safety area are visible in the video overlay of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool If this check box is activated the safety area cross is visible in the video overlay of the CLIP STER Edit Tool This value indicates the distance from the title safety area line to the edge of the video overlay in pe
21. capable transition control files with the extension ctr1 This path can be entered either relative i e a path that will be located within the System base video directory or absolute see section Notes on Directory Paths on page 6 2 Either type in the path in the respective entry field or click on the button to the right E to select a path directly via the opening dialog window Notation and See section Notes on Directory Example Paths on page 6 2 Default value V tmp PVs The Configuration Tool 2 5 11 The Group SD Aux The CLIPSTER video system provides an auxiliary SD video signal out put that sends out the video signal in SD at all times regardless of the setting of the video format This SD output can be configured with the group SD Aux of the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool The images provided at the auxiliary SD output are in a quality sufficient for an offline editing For high end SD quality it is best to use the main video output ports of CLIPSTER amp Configuration Project Defaults Group Bin Capture Tool NTSC Japan Output Format Underscan Figure 2 14 The settings items of the group SD Aux The settings pane of this group provides the following items Aspect Ratio If the SD signal comes out distorted in a certain way e g anamorphic its aspect ratio can be ad justed with this setting To alter it simply type in the respective aspect ratio calculated rela
22. example you can calculate the Y U and V com ponents from a given RGB signal via the following formulas II S 2126 R 0 7152 G 0 0722 B a gt Y Y Y Y U y The figures in the formulas above were taken from one of the i applying standards However there are several standards avail able most of them using similar but nonetheless different val ues Please regard the figures above as examples only The conversion is reversible So from any given YUV triple the corresponding RGB values can be obtained When using CLIPSTER all color space conversions are performed ac cording to the applying standards and regulations and all conversions 6 7 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs are performed automatically according to the set color conversion ma trix Color conversion matrices are used when a conversion be i tween different color spaces or scalings between different val ue ranges is necessary Usually with SD data the matrix colorimetry of the standard ITU R BT 601 applies setting CCIR 601 while with HD data the matrix of the standard SMPTE 274M setting SMPTE 274 is used The settings necessary to perform a color conversion as well as the possible results regarding the manyfold settings available in the CLIPSTER software can be found in section Setting Color Space Conversions and Scalings on page 6 10 Nevertheless especially when working between a restricted
23. for a record or a play out operation Once your new settings are confirmed the in or outputs of CLIPSTER will change their video format respectively Additionally depending on the selected video format the video overlay in the respective CLIPSTER software module may change its aspect ratio Regardless of the video format settings the SD outputs of CLIPSTER provide at all times a stan dard definition video signal and can be used to monitor the output of the CLIPSTER software They can be configured via the Configuration Tool of CLIPSTER see section The Group SD Aux on page 2 41 e Rasters for film not included in the SDI standard i e 2K with i 20 Hz or more can be output via the analog and DVI outputs only while an input has to be performed via the DVI input This chapter explains the individual items of the window to set the vid eo format in detail Both windows will be described the window that sets the video output format as well as the window that sets the video input format CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide Output settings Name Format Eom o Film Vesa Type p p output settings window 4 Input settings rmat Autodete input settings window Timeline Rate SDI M Matri YUV range ERE Syne in H input delay V input delay Syne out H output delay V output delay Drop frame enerator Pulldown Startphase t ratio utput chan ale
24. i e the material as it is available on the hard disk array of CLIPSTER It should be available in the bin of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool and if necessary you have to change the clip s properties in case they do not match the data on the hard disk array see chapter Bin Clip Properties on page 4 1 clips available in the bin their properties and how to configure them can be found in section In the Edit Tool or When Playing Out Data on page 6 10 i Further information about the material on the hard disk array Next you have to consider the storage format of the video data to be saved to the video hard disk array The color space settings for a final izing are made in the finalizing dialog window There you have to de CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs termine besides the file format the saving type if several ones are provided by the file format and the respective color value range Some file formats are capable of storing different color spaces i while others can only store one The color space that the clip will be saved in can be selected via the saving type setting A list of most file formats their saving types as well as the color space s that they will store the clip in can be found in the CLIPSTER I O Tool user guide With all this at hand you will receive the following output of the final ized clip The properties of the bin clips in the CLIPSTER software must Li match
25. of channel A and B of each system as usual This can be used in a sync chain as well as in a sync distributor setup When building a sync chain with a great number of DVS de vices cable elapse times may lead to synchronization prob lems In such a case you have to use an external sync generator for a proper synchronization e Connect the other DVS devices which act as sync slaves to the sync master via their sync connectors e If appropriate alter the sync settings of all connected devices via their video format settings Further details about this can be found in section The Video Format Details on page 3 10 The setup for the synchronization from within is now complete and the synchronization will take place 5 2 3 Notes on the Multi device Operation Mode This section provides some notes on how to use the multi device oper ation mode Once the video devices are properly set up according to the instructions in section Hardware Installation and Setup on page 5 3 you can run them in the multi device operation mode ture of CLIPSTER Depending on the ordered options for your CLIPSTER video system it may not provide the multi device capability i The multi device operation mode is an optionally available fea The multi device operation can only be used in the CLIPSTER or Pronto2K ProntoHD Edit Tool software module Operating in the Multi device Operation Mode The multi device operation mo
26. smaller due to an ac commodation of all available video formats up to 2K at the SD output With the check box SDTV Full you can change this and display the images in full instead so that they fill out the screen This setting works together with an SD output format only and overwrites then all oth er settings configured in this group e g the as pect ratio settings Underscan Letterbox Anamorph The Configuration Tool Overlay Type With this combo box you can select additional information that the SD image should provide at the auxiliary SD output The information will be displayed at the bottom of the screen and the following settings are possible None Timecode TC Key code iJ No additional information are displayed Displays the timecode informa tion To the left you can find the relative timeline timecode of CLIPSTER while to the right the timecode given out via LTC is displayed see setting Output LTC in section The Group Timecode on page 2 46 Shows the timecode as well as the keycode information The keycode will be shown below the timecode information in the fol lowing format lt manufacturer ID and film type gt lt 6 digit pre fix gt lt count gt lt offset gt Currently only the dpx file format is able to provide such complex informa tion as time and or keycode via its file header 2 43 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs 2 5 12 The
27. stop index saticcecerecionicrimentescends 4 7 l 6 V V input delay acececde ch scesndccevetintiaeds 3 12 V output delay ccecce 3 12 value range 3 10 4 11 6 5 6 6 6 8 6 10 Variframe scesu a 3 19 vertical editing ecc 2 52 video format sriessciro oriras 3 9 resizing of material cczeciceasses 3 16 sort list wesceccceecodessiaceceecteeee a 3 9 video format details 3 6 3 10 video format settings OM so ee 3 7 NpU cacesececces canes cesses 3 1 6 12 OUTPUT See nn en enreear ene 3 1 6 11 OVEIVIOW lt Sincuc causcasazeietbinccisagainas 3 5 pulldown since csnascivancrsasntecatae 3 15 UOC S EE 3 4 video formats aeeie 3 6 video WOU ssussseeseeeesssrrrrrrrrrrne 6 12 video Output vac cesscasenss ce zatseneaaaeacces 3 1 video overlay cdeccasteieecndcedeieceniees 2 32 aspect ratio aceicecceeecsecdseanteteen 3 1 Video Raster ge psc Giveetceve ceed 2 42 Video raster ecer 3 1 3 9 default input raster n 2 52 default output raster 2 53 WIDEOSCODES urisini aiarra 2 33 enabling disabling cece 2 33 video settings cecene 4 4 4 8 WR a E E 2 55 6 18 edit lag a an 2 55 2 58 6 19 een ee e reas 2 58 postroll Sacceecasthetee ance tueetecees 6 19 preroll acn 2 55 2 58 6 18 VTR task mode sssisisccnenn 5 10 6 10 W Warn if base directory mismatch 2 25 Waveform color assecc 2 53 Waveform duration eese 2 53 waveforms logarithmic 2 54 WVU errian aa 4 9 Y VOV E errr
28. the groups under the tab Defaults configure the default settings used for each new project and the CLIPSTER software in gen eral Because all settings of the tab Project are available on the tab De faults as well the following explanations of all individual settings items describe the settings on the tab Defaults only Thus the settings of the project related grouping are included as well For further information about the tabs please refer to section i Basics on page 2 2 The configuration settings provided by the tabs are mostly con cerned with the behavior or the appearance of other software modules included in the CLIPSTER software package e g the CLIPSTER Edit Tool or the CLIPSTER I O Tool For more infor mation about specific items not further explained in the up coming sections please consult the other user guides delivered with CLIPSTER The tab Project includes settings that will be used for the currently ac tive project only These settings will be saved together with a project in its project file and are therefore only temporarily available as long as the currently opened project is not closed The tab Defaults contains set tings that will be used for each new project as well as for a general setup of the CLIPSTER software and video system They will be stored auto matically together with the main software when it is shut down The Configuration Tool 2 5 1 The Group Bin The group Bin contains se
29. total allocated amount of memory for the history mode is full with data the earliest stored values will be overwritten and no longer be available for a view To change this value ei ther enter a new one or use the controls to the right of this field to step the value up or down i This setting is a system setting and you N 4 Notation Integer in megabytes Default value 1 MB The Configuration Tool Keep Drop Report This check box determines whether the drop re port written by the performance monitor during the starting of the software should be kept after the software is shut down If it is activated the drop report detailing every occurring drop will still be available after the software is closed only the last ten files will be kept If it is deac tivated the drop report will be deleted automat ically when the CLIPSTER software is shut down 2 37 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs 2 5 10 The Group Project The group Project contains settings referring directly to the respective project and project file amp Configuration Project Defaults Group Bi External mporary data Path for temporary operator data tmp Figure 2 13 The settings items of the group Project Here the following settings items are located Loop play When activated the play out will be performed repeatedly i e once the end of the clips in the timeline is reached the play out star
30. values via the combo box es The ratio values should be entered as the value of the width x divided by the height y Notation Floating point of x y Example 0 749999998 Changes the frame rate of the video clip for exam ple if its original frame rate differs from the set one Either type in in the entry field a value manu ally or select one of the preset values via the combo box With this setting you can alter the field mode of the video clip added to the bin You can either choose a progressive or interlaced field mode If the set value does not match the material on the hard disk array you have to change it accordingly Select the dominance for your interlaced material from the combo box Dominance The Odd value starts the clip with the second video field of the in terlaced image while the value Even begins with the first video field With this setting you can alter the color mode col or space either RGB or YUV of the clip if the set value does not match the material on the hard disk array This setting indicates the sampling frequency e g 4 4 4 of the clip It should match the material on the hard disk array Bin Clip Properties YUV matrix Range In combination with the set color space color mode of the clip this setting describes the color space and the color matrix of your clip It should state either one of the following possibilities CCIR 601 Color space and matrix usual ly applie
31. video and or audio clips will already be sorted into the respective folders With this check box activated all subfolders present under the dragged directory will be searched for clips If it is not activated only those clips folders will be created that contain a clip directly This is a general setting for the drag i and drop procedure and will work al ways if activated For a drag and drop procedure from the bin to the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool you may select more than one clip e g with the Ctrl key pressed Then they can be added to the timeline in one step The video or audio clips will be either aligned horizontally in one track of the timeline or put each into a different timeline track directly below the selected one This drag and drop behavior can be configured with this setting If activated the clips will be arranged horizontally in the respective timeline track If deactivated the clips will be added to a different track each PVs The Configuration Tool 2 5 5 The Group External The group External allows you to specify different applications to pro cess your video data with They can then be accessed via the Export to Application menu options available in the CLIPSTER software This group is valid for the CLIPSTER software in general and is i therefore available on the tab Defaults only For example once a clip is dragged from the bin to the control area of the CLIPSTER Edit Too
32. way you can reduce the 50 or more images send by the camera per second to a standard and easy to handle 24 frames per second CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide 3 20 Bin Clip Properties The bin of the CLIPSTER software provides the very first access to the video and audio material on the hard disk array It can be used for a clip and project management and normally contains all video and or audio clips that you intend to use in your project Further information about the usage and features of the bin i can be found in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool user guide When adding clips to the bin via a record the CLIPSTER soft ware automatically sets all properties correctly Each video and audio clip present in the bin bin clip provides clip prop erties that can be altered according to the characteristics of the material available on the video hard disk array When clips are added to the bin at a later time for example via a drag and drop procedure or via the menu option Add Clip some characteristics of video material cannot be discerned by the software automatically For instance when adding a yuv clip its color space is automatically set to Yuv the field mode to Interlaced the color space range to Head etc because this will most likely be the case when using a true YUV file If the properties of the clip do not match the material on the hard disks you have to call them up and change them manua
33. when it is activated the se lected video scope will be superimposed on the video overlay This setting provides the same feature as the Above overlay menu option on the context menu of the video overlay in the control area Select from this combo box the video scope that should be displayed in the control area of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool The setting Analyser off deactivates the selected video scope The video scopes can also be selected with the con text menu of the video overlay Further informa tion about the video scopes can be found in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool user guide The setting Analyse color allows you to change the color of the data drawn in the graphs of the video scope It shows you the col or that is currently set Right beside the field in dicating the current color you can find a button A click on this button opens the standard window of the operating system to mix and change colors With the help of this window set the color to your liking and confirm your selection with the OK button Once your configuration settings are completed and con firmed they will be in effect for the video scopes and the color of the drawn data will be changed For conforming reasons you can lock a clip in the source edit mode of the control area of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool With this locking you can synchronize the timeline cursor of the timeline with the scrub bar cursor of the bin clip The way this synchronization is performed
34. with the settings group Insert Project For example here you can set the name of the bin subfolder where the inserted clips will be added amp Configuration Project Defaults Insert Project Use Bin path x Bin path finserted project Ovenwrite Bin clips External General Insert Project Figure 2 9 The settings items of the group Insert Project In detail the group Insert Project provides the following settings items Use Bin path If a project is inserted and this check box is acti vated the added bin clips of the inserted project will be sorted into either an already existing or a new bin folder The path and name of the bin folder can be set with the Bin path entry field see below When it is deactivated the inserted bin clips will be added to the root path of the bin Bin path With this entry field you set and determine the bin folder where the bin clips of the inserted project should be sorted to It will be used dur ing the insertion of the project when the Use Bin path check box is activated To set a folder name and path simply type in the folder name together with the path if applicable The Configuration Tool Overwrite Bin clips Notation folder subfolder Example tempest act_1 Default value inserted project If the bin clips already present in the destination folder carry the same name as the clips to be added by the inserted project they will be over written when this chec
35. you can add them again later with this but ton You can change the properties of added chan nels via the controls to the right of the list box With the button DEL you can delete audio streams from the list box and thus bar them from usage in the CLIPSTER software Simply select the respec tive stream and click on the button DEL to remove it Deleted streams can be added again later via the button ADD To delete streams from audio clips may be useful when the clip provides streams that are not need ed for example streams with no contents at all Then they can be deleted and will not be used when this clip is added to the timeline This setting shows the number of channels that the audio clip provides Up to 16 channels are possible per audio clip M7 This setting will be determined by CLIP i STER automatically and cannot be al i tered Bin Clip Properties Channel offset Mode Resolution Rate When adding previously deleted streams or config uring already available streams you can determine the channels that the stream should provide with the setting Channel offset Select from the list box the respective stream that should be config ured to other channels or use this setting after a new stream was added to the list box For this you may either enter the starting channel manually in the entry field of the setting Channel offset or use the controls to the right of this field to step the val ue up or
36. 10 The setup for the synchronization with the external sync generator is now complete Once the external sync generator is active the synchro nization will take place Synchronizing the Multi device Operation from Within Instead of using an external sync generator you can synchronize the devices in the multi device operation from within by selecting one of the connected DVS devices as a sync master For this perform the fol lowing e Select one device that shall act as the sync master lt 7 The sync master does not need to be identical with the master i of the multi device operation You can choose any of the DVS devices as the sync master An analog sync signal can be transmitted through the sync in and out puts a digital sync signal through the serial digital interface SDI ports Other Applications and Systems You can use either a distributor to connect the slave s sync inputs to the master s sync output or build a chain where the master s sync output is connected to the sync input of the first slave whose sync output is con nected to the sync input of the second slave and so on iJ When using a digital sync signal it is recommended to use the C channel of the SDI ports as the sync output contents of channel A plus additional information such as time and or keycode overlays and connect it to the SDI input of channel A of the sync s slave With this you will still be able to use the out put ports
37. 8 3 18 4 12 sample salancatacalaurcacesuse andecesaee 2 51 source edit mode n se 2 21 Sampling lt accsutessiohosatnisnecdaataasuineats 4 140 speed Effect assitir 2 16 sampling frequency nce ebecee ee 3 10 4 10 Start defragmentation tool 064 2 26 sampling Ale fect bec d ete tt nedaeet wince 4 15 Start index sss sssdadeadvaassasteasneatecesenbads 4 6 save configuration 2 7 2 12 3 7 4 4 starting TO THE aeea aaa 2 9 clip properties ccecce 4 2 Saving type n c 6 13 6 16 Configuration Tool s s 2 3 scaling auto ssaonertetanicndi tee 3 16 default settings Config Tool 2 4 scaling of color values 6 8 6 10 project settings Config Tool 2 3 during finalizing cee 6 15 during play out POENE 6 10 video format settings re 3 4 during record occ ec ccecccccccecceeeuee 6 12 Startphase rO rearua 3 1 5 6 3 scrub bar cursor occi 2 23 2 33 STETEO scecececdececneeeesenenescedese ee 4 13 4 15 scrub bar of thumbnail 2 14 Stop index oo e ce ecececcacececececeaeaeaeeeeaees 4 7 SD OUt DUIS esieverercuaratorncascnate 2 41 3 1 user defined eeen 4 7 appearance ssticadicaaronsesessanteaacs 2 42 storage format n n 6 13 6 15 SDI Mode secssicisssessvecsesaveversnerteeses 3 10 storage safety margin sr se 2 27 SDTV Full oaasis 2 42 SYNC gENEratOT sesser 5 6 search through subfolders 2 20 Sync a E E E A 3 11 Sequence processing ee EEIN ee STE 2 23 Sync e10 p a E T 3 12 setting synch
38. D T 2 5 3 7 4 4 ODD T 3 9 VeSa an ea ee ree ere 3 9 button area ereere 2 8 C Cable specification cccccscscssssseseeess 5 9 capacity storage safety margin 2 27 CAD TONE oc casscard ionieni ninine 4 11 BOE Clie srecne 6 11 color space conversion 6 12 color value scalings 05 6 12 CCIR GOT gecezevincuaeedeeee eeceeceeamtiente 4 11 Channel offset seeeeeeeeees 4 15 Channels eee mene re mere 4 14 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide chapter overview ss 1 3 clip alignment in timeline 2 20 file format sinascaiiecsdsniesestacesiatats 4 7 file name soesdcgejacndindinnpncacssencand 4 6 NAME secie ansieae re eaaa 4 5 storage format 00 6 13 6 15 clip management nnn 4 1 4 8 clip properties 4 1 6 10 6 15 EXE oaeen a acre eee 4 4 OVEIVIOW nsssssssssssrirsrrererrrrerre 4 3 Starto oote n E E 4 2 CLIPSTER zcttzesszateettedceadsadsgesstestagare 1 1 Configuration Tool a se 2 1 control via network eee 5 11 de evic e lD Srssriscicss irois 2 57 Edit Tool c ccceeeeeeeeeees 2 3 3 4 1 0 Tool ac 3 4 6 13 6 18 color bit depth cdvecccbceesecnedenane 3 10 4 9 color conversion matrix 3 10 4 11 6 8 6 13 color correction panel eesse 2 17 color grader oe canto eee te scsdente 2 57 5 10 Color mode nccc 4 10 color space cs 4 3 10 4 10 4 11 6 5 CONVETS ON oo ccc eee eeeeeee eens 6 7 6 10 conversion Matri
39. For this a standard video signal has to be connected to CLIPSTER s input connectors When this button is pressed CLIPSTER tries to detect the video format and sets all items appropriately CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide DVS TC In 7n Some settings such as the color value i range cannot be detected automatically by the CLIPSTER software Instead they will be set to commonly used settings for the detected video format and or color space If applicable you have to alter them manually Some file formats for clips are capable of storing timecode information These source timecodes can then be used in the timeline of CLIPSTER Howev er during a record the CLIPSTER I O Tool is capa ble of receiving several different timecode information With the setting TC In of the input video format window you can specify the type of timecode information that should be written to the correct location in the file header that is especially reserved for that kind of meta data i e the time code information that will be used as the standard source timecode provided by the file This time code can then be read by other applications that support source timecode as well ports additional information such as source timecode Internal No externally provided timecode is used Each recorded clip starts its source timecode with 0 lt time code offset gt i e with the TC Start setting LTC Uses and writes the longi
40. Group TCP IP 2 44 With the group TCP IP you configure the CLIPSTER video system for its usage in a network amp Configuration Project Defaults Group TCP IP Bin Capture Tool Allow external connects X Maximum connections 16 TCP Pandora TCP Port Figure 2 15 The settings items of the group TCP IP This group provides the following settings items on the settings pane To put changes to the TCP IP group into effect you have to exit and restart the CLIPSTER software Allow external con With this check box you enable the external nects network connection for CLIPSTER Then the CLIPSTER software can be connected for ex ample from a third party color grader or other workstations e g via a terminal Maximum Connec The Maximum connections setting specifies tions the maximum number of connections including local connections that CLIPSTER will allow ata time The Configuration Tool TCP Port Pandora TCP Port This item specifies the standard TCP port that the CLIPSTER application should use in a net work Then you can connect to the CLIPSTER application and control it via certain commands see section Using CLIPSTER in a Network on page 5 11 This setting should be entered as a 16 bit integer number Either type in the port manually or use the controls to the right of this field to step the value up or down Notation 16 bit integer number Default value 42219 The Pandora TCP
41. K button Once your configuration settings are completed and confirmed they will be in effect for the timeline and the marker color will be changed With this setting you can determine the output raster that the CLIPSTER software will use by default when a new project is initialized This setting is valid for the CLIPSTER i software in general and therefore available on the tab Defaults only In the list box Tooltip values select the infor mation that should be displayed by the tooltips of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool when the mouse cur sor is placed over a clip in the timeline The setting Waveform color allows you to change the color of the waveforms displayed by the audio clips present in the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool It shows you the color that is currently set for the waveforms Right beside the field indicating the current color you can find a button A click on this button opens the standard window of the operating system to mix and change colors With the help of this window set the color to your liking and confirm your selection with the OK button Once your configuration settings are completed and con firmed they will be in effect for the timeline and the waveform color will be changed When dragging an audio clip to the control area of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool i e to the source edit mode of the control area it will be shown in the video overlay to the left with the first part of its waveform The length d
42. Mode on page 5 7 PVs Other Applications and Systems If your application of the multi device operation mode requires a syn chronization of the connected devices please refer to section Syn chronizing the Devices on page 5 6 Connecting More than Two Video Systems To connect more than two DVS video systems for a multi device oper ation an RS 422 distributor has to be used For this you have to use standard 9 pin RS 422 cables and the adapter which is included in the delivery e Connect the RS 422 adapter to one of the 9 pin cables The 9 pin cable together with the adapter form a crossover ca i ble The crossover of the pins is realized by the RS 422 adapter If you want to use a cable without the crossover adapter it must follow the specifications described in section Cable Specifications for a Multi device Operation on page 5 9 Use this cable to connect the AUX 1 port of the master to the input of the RS 422 distributor You do not have to observe a cer tain cable direction e Connect the AUX 1 ports of the slaves to the outputs of the RS 422 distributor with the rest of the 9 pin cables DVS Video System Master RS 422 Crossover cable connection LET i y ao RS 422 Distributor Standard cable connections I I AUX 1 AUX 1 DVS Video System DVS Video System z Se I ERES RMT OUT Slaves Figure 5 2 More than two video systems
43. Ort s c2ssacecvstsceiece 2 45 parameters of program s c 2 22 PWN rs ete E 4 5 Path for proxy data ee 2 38 Path for temporary data 2 39 Path for temporary operator data 2 40 pedestal consiseciccectantadeipesteececsquteends 2 42 performance nsee 2 35 performance Monitor n se 2 35 drop report 25 asdaaeciassenicsececsens 2 37 enable disable scssientcssacesanicwncs 2 36 history mode ccecce 2 36 Pixel ratio strane ectesstevetetereteeicedeee 4 10 play ceirar ein ie E N RNR 6 19 color space conversion 6 10 color value scalings ceee 6 10 Play out task mode nsss 6 10 POTU siivisarat ii 2 45 post production ssistrcrsnch Access vic latisaainn 6 8 P stroll ssesseccdiaceadazanioaeaceeccasnteets 6 19 predefined settings o c 2 7 Prerender at iiiivisnriciroiniirirnies 2 26 prerendering 3 ic cor alcectetntechessecte 2 39 Preroll oocete Scscscsontniaccasisecuigiieeed 2 60 preroll so serseese aie 2 55 2 58 6 18 program parameters 00 cee 2 22 Progressive e cstoci cininctemetececeticens 4 10 project insert schdscads eee ecncvedetienetsl 2 30 project management 4 1 4 8 project settings 2e c2 trace teceteccnccticustas 2 2 Project tab cats cisaiesiedistascavecsadieeesnaeay 2 2 Pulldown ccc eceeeeeeee eee eee ees 3 15 6 3 pulldown sectcasacansiruitolesscccase 3 15 6 3 R RANgE aalsgsetcdidexaeihctsnmhcetesessacecases 4 11 Rate Sitnnitsitvalssnnd doaie iarain 4 15 r cent f
44. STER supports audio clips that contain more than one mono or ste reo channel multiple channels in the audio file Such a clip may con tain up to 16 streams of audio With the clip properties of an audio clip in the bin you are able to control these streams as well as set other pa rameters of the clip By clicking on the channels in the list box you can view and alter their properties with the controls to the right In detail the area Audio Channels and Streams provides the follow ing settings When performing a record via the CLIPSTER software you can influence the stream settings described in the following via the button of the audio channel settings 4 13 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs list box of audio streams ADD DEL Channels This box lists the streams channels together with their audio mode stereo mono that the clip pro vides It may contain up to 16 streams for each channel that the CLIPSTER software can handle If a stream is in stereo it will show two channels for the stream If it is in mono only one channel will be displayed for the stream With the buttons below the list box and the con trols to the right you can delete existing streams add them anew or change the configuration of each stream individually stereo Stream x lt chan gt y lt chan gt z mono Stream x lt chan gt y lt chan gt y Example Stream 5 8 9 When channels were deleted with the button DEL
45. able on the tab Defaults only Configuration x Project Defaults Wtr MultiDevice j MixerControl Drag n Drop External G tal ar Default detection of vtr type u April 7 05 14 38 53 Timeline Witr Rad Delete Autodetection Name ID String Preroll Editlag Disable Al channels gt 4 Cancel Figure 2 18 The settings items of the group VTR 2 55 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs 2 56 The following settings explanations are divided into the different appli cations where the settings can be applied These are Multi device operation Using the mixer function for color graders CLIPSTER in slave mode CLIPSTER as master Multi device Operation The CLIPSTER video system can be set to operate in a multi device op eration mode either as a master or as a slave With this mode you can control several CLIPSTER or Pronto2K ProntoHD video systems man ufactured by DVS at once z The multi device operation mode is an optionally available fea Li ture of CLIPSTER Depending on the ordered options for your CLIPSTER video system it may not provide the multi device capability S Further information about the multi device operation mode and its setup can be found in section The Multi device Oper ation Mode on page 5 3 The following settings item is concerned with the multi device opera tion mode MultiDevice This setting prepares the CLIPSTER system for the mul
46. ain the individual audio clips as they are present on the hard disk array If you want to change the properties of an audio multi clip you have to alter the proper ties of each clip in the provided subfolder individually Further information about multi clips can be found in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool user guide After this the clip properties window opens see section Overview on page 4 3 and you can now change its properties accordingly PVs Bin Clip Properties 4 1 2 Overview After accessing the properties of a clip in the bin via its context menu see section Accessing the Clip Properties on page 4 2 you will see either the following or a similar window on the screen Clip properties al Name Path Filename Start inde SMPTE 274 Source timecode Global default Stop index Userstop index 0 v File format V8 bits Outtake B roll Audio Channels and Streams Height Channels 1 Alpha depth Channel offset _4 Pixel ratio Dominance Sampling Range Head Source offset 00 00 00 00 Figure 4 1 Window of bin clip properties In this window you can alter the properties of the video or audio clip If the clip was already added to the timeline perhaps even more than once the clip s behavior can be changed via the bin clip properties in stantly i e the changes will be applied to the clip in the bin and its rep resentations in the timeline as well In detail this window cont
47. ains the following items iJ Some of the clip properties can only be altered if the clip is not already present in the timeline Because the CLIPSTER software uses representations of the original material on the hard disk array only regardless of the settings performed here your original material will not be af fected general clip In the settings area General you can change properties the more general parameters of the clip such as its name file name or directory path 4 3 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs flags With the Flags area you can assign specific flags to a clip that may help you during your clip and project management video settings If the clip is a video clip you can change the vid eo related settings of the clip s representation in CLIPSTER in the area Video such as its aspect ratio or field mode audio settings If the bin clip is an audio clip you can change its audio related settings in the area Audio Chan nels and Streams The individual items of each settings area will be explained in section The Bin Clip Properties in Detail on page 4 5 4 1 3 Closing the Clip Properties To close the window of the clip properties and thereby to confirm or cancel changes to the settings perform the following e Use either one of the following possibilities button OK This button confirms your alterations to the settings in the clip properties window and closes it Then the new setti
48. and the respective settings groups will be displayed in the group list to the left For further information about the tabs and the configuration groupings see section Basics on page 2 2 The Configuration Tool group list settings pane predefined settings On the left side of each tab you can find a group list that provides access to the different settings According to the selected tab tab Project or tab Defaults there will be different groups available in the group list The groups available when the tab Project is activated are used to configure project related settings while the groups under the tab Defaults configure the default settings used for each new project and the CLIPSTER software in general Once an entry in the list is selected the settings pane to the right will alter its appearance and the configuration items of the respective group are displayed You can then change the settings of this group es The items of the group list i can be sorted Simply click on the heading to sort the entries alphabetically in ascending or descending order The type of or der will be indicated by the triangle to the right of the heading The settings pane shows the settings of the selected group entry group list to the left that are available un der this group To change the settings alter the config urations in the settings pane and confirm your alterations with the OK button This will close the Config
49. and to stop the recording i e the VTR switches back to play mode and after another second postroll time CLIPSTER sends the command to stop the VTR mechanically tape Record Off preroll inpoint In Out Stop LA ew edit lag postroll time Figure 6 7 Postroll time and stopping of VTR The parameters for preroll time and edit lag can be set with the CLIP STER Configuration Tool for all VTRs differently that ever were con nected to CLIPSTER see section The Group VTR on page 2 55 The postroll time parameter is by default set to one second and cannot be adjusted Once the VTR parameters are set you just have to enter the exact in or outpoint in the CLIPSTER software when dealing with VTRs con trolled via RS 422 All the rest described earlier in this section i e pre roll and edit lag will be taken into account by CLIPSTER automatically CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide 6 20 Index Numerics 1000 1001 speed offset 0 3 14 2 3 Pulldown csesceesceesebdectdeceeczctaens 6 3 32 PUNGOWI sissies 6 3 A absolute path seessssessssnnnrrrrrrnne 6 2 Action safety area eee 2 34 Add files recursively ceeeee 2 20 additional configurations 3 15 AIV output channels 2 60 3 16 Allocated History Memory 2 36 Allow external connects 045 2 44 Fall 8100 16 lt 1 6 ee nee neers 4 10 Alternate structure in Bin 2 16 2 19
50. anges may take place A play out of video material is not restricted to the Edit Tool of i the CLIPSTER software alone This can also be performed e g with the Play out task mode or the optional VTR task mode of the I O Tool However then the settings described in the fol lowing have to be made accordingly On the one hand you have to consider the material that you want to play out i e the material as it is available on the hard disk array of CLIP STER To play it out you have to make it available to the CLIPSTER soft ware first and add it to its bin if not already available Once available in the bin you can alter the clip s properties see chapter Bin Clip Prop erties on page 4 1 The properties of each clip in the bin must match the data on the hard disk array When adding clips to the bin manually at a later time e g via a drag and drop procedure CLIPSTER tries to set the properties of the bin clips properly However some may not be discerned correctly and then you have to alter them manually Among those parameters may be the ones for color spaces color modes Configuration Explanations and or color value ranges You have to set them so that they are iden tical to the material on the video hard disk array tion to the bin the properties of the clips are automatically set correctly It will not be necessary to manually configure the properties of the bin clips afterwards for example to
51. are AUX 1 The commands send via RS 422 should comply with the GVG Grass Valley Group mixer protocol The mixer function of CLIPSTER works in the VTR task mode of the CLIPSTER or Pronto2K ProntoHD I O Tool only see respective user guide It can be used at all times in the VTR task mode i e with the slave mode of the VTR task mode activated or deactivated To use the mixer function its control setting has to be enabled in the Configuration Tool tab Defaults group VTR see section The Group VTR on page 2 55 With this setting you can also deacti vate the mixer once your task is finished Afterwards when everything is set up properly and the VTR task mode is activated with the necessary VTR timeline project loaded you can use the mixer function As soon as the correct commands are received by CLIPSTER wipes will be performed between the material available in the VTR timeline and the incoming video signal The transitions be tween the two data streams can be observed at all video output con nectors of CLIPSTER zn To view the transition with an externally connected monitor i you have to configure the video output format of the VTR task _ mode accordingly X PVs Other Applications and Systems 5 4 Using CLIPSTER in a Network You can use the CLIPSTER application in a network and connect to it for example from other workstations via a terminal This section de scribes what to do to
52. are available on the tab Defaults as well the explanations of all individual items see section The Configuration Settings on page 2 12 will de scribe the settings of the tab Defaults only Thus the settings of the project related grouping are included as well PVs The Configuration Tool 2 2 Starting and Exiting the Configuration Tool This section explains how to start the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool and how to exit it 2 2 1 Starting the Software Module This section provides you with a description how to get the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool running For this you have to start the CLIPSTER software first e Select from the START button menu of Windows in the submenu DVS the entry for the CLIPSTER software for example All Programs DVS DVS Clipster Alternatively you may also start the program via a double click on the CLIPSTER icon available on the desktop of Windows This will load the CLIPSTER software by DVS As the starting user inter face the CLIPSTER Edit Tool will be started automatically and you have to open the Configuration Tool manually To do this two possibilities ex ist 1 You can start the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool with the task bar of the CLIPSTER software or 2 you can start the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool with the help of the menus of the CLIPSTER software Both possibilities are explained in the following More information about the task and menu bar can be found in t
53. as you want This section describes first how to connect two video systems However in case you want to connect more than two video systems you have to use an RS 422 distributor which will also be addressed in this section 5 3 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide DVS 5 4 Connecting Two Video Systems To connect two DVS video systems for a multi device operation mode you can use a standard 9 pin RS 422 cable and the adapter which is in cluded in the delivery e Connect the RS 422 adapter to the 9 pin cable The 9 pin cable together with the adapter form a crossover ca i ble The crossover of the pins is realized by the RS 422 adapter If you want to use a cable without the crossover adapter it must follow the specifications described in section Cable Specifications for a Multi device Operation on page 5 9 e Connect the AUX 1 ports of both systems with this cable directly You do not have to observe a certain cable direction DVS Video System Master RS 422 depo E4 JA ma G Slave Figure 5 1 Two video systems in multi device operation Once the cable is installed the systems are ready for a multi device op eration However you also have to adjust the software settings of each controlling software according to its role in the multi device operation Further information about the multi device operation mode i can be found in section Notes on the Multi device Operation S
54. at Settings To close the window to configure the video format settings and thereby to confirm or cancel changes to the settings perform the following e Use either one of the following possibilities button OK This button confirms your alterations to the settings in the video format window and closes it Then the new settings will be in ef fect for the in or outputs button CANCEL The button CANCEL closes the video format window without confirming your settings The video system and the CLIPSTER soft ware will use the latest confirmed settings button APPLY This button confirms your alterations to the settings in the video format window without closing it The new settings will be in effect for the in or outputs Alt F4 Same as button CANCEL Same as button CANCEL z CLIPSTER will store the video format settings project specific in i the project files Additionally via the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool you have the possibility at hand to define a default in and output format that will be used for each initialized new project see section The Group Timeline on page 2 51 After using one of the mentioned possibilities the window to configure the video format will be closed 3 7 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs 3 2 The Video Format Settings in Detail This section describes the window to set the video format in detail It is structured into the different ar
55. b to configure the project re lated configurations activated ProjectInsert Opens the dialog window to insert a project at the current position of the time line cursor ProjectLoad lt path gt lt project file gt Loads the stated project file to CLIPSTER if no project file is entered the dialog win dow to open a project file will be dis played ProjectNew Creates a new project ProjectSave Saves the currently open project ProjectSaveAs Opens the dialog window to save the project under new file name Quit Exits the CLIPSTER application and if ap propriate prompts to save the project once CLIPSTER is closed the network connection is severed automatically RasteriInfo lt raster gt Provides further information about the entered raster as a raster you may enter its number or name as provided for ex ample by Get InputRasters the out put will be as follows width pixels height pixels frame rate Hz frame type i p SF dominance odd even as pect ratio floating point category SD HD Vesa Film Redo Reverses the action performed via the command Undo Server Shows the name of the server should al ways be DVS Clipster SetInOutpoint Sets an in and outpoint at the beginning and end of the clip in the timeline where the timeline cursor is positioned SetInpoint Sets the timeline s inpoint at the current position of the timel
56. button in half pixels all other in full pixels Example 5 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs V input delay Sync out H output delay V output delay TC Type This setting adjusts the vertical phase of the sync output signal relative to the input sync signal The output signals H and V sync as well as video will be altered accordingly i e the time base of the output signals will be generally altered To change it either enter a new value in lines or use the con trols to the right of this field to step the value up or down Notation In lines Example 3 With this combo box you can set the synchroniza tion output of CLIPSTER You can select between a bilevel trilevel or TTL synchronization with for example HF VR as horizontal falling and vertical rising on the analog sync outputs of CLIPSTER Usually all sync signals will be given out on the horizontal sync output however the TTL sync will additionally be output on the vertical sync output Furthermore with the on green settings you can enable a bilevel or trilevel sync sig nal on the green channel of the analog output This setting adjusts the horizontal phase of the sync output signal relative to the video output sig nal The effect will be that you move the given out image content horizontally To change it either en ter a new value or use the controls to the right of this field to step the value up or down Notation
57. by subtracting the luma signal Y from B U or R V U and V may become positive or negative When storing U or V in one byte usually an offset of 128 is added to get rid of the negative value then zero is indicated by 128 Y U and V normally have a re stricted value range While Y has the same range as the restricted RGB color space i e 16 to 235 U and V range from 16 to 240 A full range of 0 to 255 is less common with YUV signals _ 255 Keen 235 white YUV aii 16 black 0 Figure 6 3 Color range of the Y component of the YUV signal 6 6 Configuration Explanations 255 UV YUV Figure 6 4 Color range of the U and V component of the YUV signal For processing i e for play out and record you will most likely choose the YUV format Usually itis not used when you want to work with edit applications 6 3 3 Color Space Conversions As already mentioned the color space RGB with a full color value range is mainly used on the computer side whereas YUV in the restricted val ue range is used for instance during a broadcast Nevertheless both color spaces and value ranges are necessary in the film market to pro vide the best resolution for as long as possible But they also make it clear that a correct color space conversion is very important when working between different color spaces It is possible to make conversions between the two different color spac es RGB and YUV For
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59. ce range of the restricted value range you will have values ranging from 16 to 235 meaning the value 16 indicates a total black while 235 indicates a full white The remaining values 1 15 and 236 254 O and 255 are reserved for special usage may provide headroom for tolerances or a possible signal overshooting that may occur during the sampling of analog video signals This color range is mostly used in the processing of video data i e in play out or record operations 255 235 white RGB RGB 16 black 0 Figure 6 1 RGB signal with limited color range For RGB in 8 bit in the full range color space you will have values rang ing from O to 255 A format with this color range is mainly used on the computer side for editing or effects applications 6 5 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs _ 255 white RGB RGB 0 black Figure 6 2 RGB signal with full color range 6 3 2 YUV In the early beginnings of color television it was important to define a format which supported black and white television sets as well as color capable systems The solution was the YUV format which is still the standard in transmitting and receiving television signals The YUV signal is also a component signal Y is a luminance signal the only signal used by black and white television sets while U and V also named Cp and C contain the color information As U and V are obtained
60. cerned with the mixer function MixerControl This setting enables or disables the mixer function of CLIPSTER CLIPSTER in Slave Mode When CLIPSTER is controlled by another device via RS 422 you can adjust the timecode returned by CLIPSTER and its device ID with the following settings TC Delay This setting adjusts the timecode that will be sent back by the CLIPSTER video system via the RS 422 connection It will be used when the CLIPSTER soft ware is in its slave mode i e when the SLAVE MobeE button in the CLIPSTER user interface is acti vated Then you can account with the setting TC Delay for a timecode response sent by CLIPSTER that the master device incorrectly detects as slightly off Notation In frames Min max 3 3 Default value 0 Device type ID The device ID sent out by CLIPSTER can be set and altered with these items In the entry field you can type in any ID that the CLIPSTER video system should give out to the master device Notation 2 bytes hexadecimal number In order to be recognized correctly the i number has to be preceded by 0x indicat ing that it is a hexadecimal number If the entry field shows 0x0000 CLIPSTER uses its own IDs which are as follows 2 57 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs 2 58 0xf038 Used when video raster is set to 30 Hz NTSC 0xf138 Used when video raster is set to 25 Hz PAL 0xf238 Used when video raster is set to 24 Hz film After alteri
61. check box when you want the com processing plete sequence each frame between the set in and outpoint to be opened in the external ap plication If it is disabled only a single frame i e the one selected by the scrub bar or timeline cursor will be transferred to the application This field will be available as soon as an entry is selected from the list box or a new one is added i tion has to support the processing of image sequences Destructive export Enable this check box to process the source ma terial directly in the external application If you save the data then with the external application the source material will be overwritten To use this feature the external applica When the check box is disabled the source ma terial will be copied prior to a processing and the copied material is then processed in the external application It will be copied to the same path and location where the original material is stored with an incrementing number added to the directory name of the clip lt name of clip s directory gt lt incrementing number gt The Destructive export check box is A valid for all external applications speci fied with the group External When the Sequence processing check box is activated i each frame between a set in and outpoint will be sent to the external application However this applies to a single clip only If for example in the timeline the in and outpoint are set
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63. code to enable the Source offset configuration Then you can enter in the en try field to the right the timecode offset in standard timecode notation that the clip should provide when added to the timeline This offset is available only when as a dis i play type Source TC is selected see sec tion The Group Timecode on page 2 46 Notation hh mm ss ff Example 01 34 05 22 PVs Bin Clip Properties 4 2 4 The Audio Settings If the properties you are working on belong to an audio clip the items in the area Audio Channels and Streams will be available With them you can change the audio related settings of the clip Changes to the audio settings can only be performed if the clip is not already present in the timeline Additionally the properties of audio multi clips cannot be changed Usually when an audio multi clip is added to the contents area of the bin a subfolder will be created automati cally which will then contain the individual audio clips as they are present on the hard disk array If you want to change the properties of an audio multi clip you have to alter the proper ties of each clip in the provided subfolder individually Further information about the multi clips can be found in the CLIP STER Edit Tool user guide Audio Channels and Streams Stream 1 0 1 Channels 16 Channel offset 9 Mode Resolution Rate Stream 8 1 Figure 4 5 Audio related settings for a clip CLIP
64. connect to CLIPSTER from another workstation the commands that can be performed and how to close the network connection 5 4 1 Connecting to CLIPSTER You can connect to the CLIPSTER software from another workstation via a terminal This section describes how to achieve a connection by using a Telnet program as a sample terminal For the following the CLIPSTER application has to be config i ured appropriately i e it must be set to allow external con nects Further information about this and the other network configurations can be found in section The Group TCP IP on page 2 44 Furthermore the workstation and the CLIPSTER video system have to be properly connected to a network and the CLIPSTER software has to be running e On the workstation that should be connected to CLIPSTER activate a command line shell or in case of Windows MS DOS prompt e Type in telnet lt name or IP address of CLIPSTER gt lt port of CLIPSTER software gt for example telnet localhost 42219 e After that press Enter Then you will be connected to the CLIPSTER application on the CLIP STER video system and you can control it easily with the commands list ed in section List of Commands on page 5 11 5 4 2 List of Commands Once you are connected properly to the CLIPSTER application you can control it and thus the video system with the help of commands e Type in a command and confirm it with the key Enter Then th
65. continue by saving these default values to a file e On the Options menu of the menu bar in the CLIPSTER software select the menu option Save defaults e In the opening dialog window specify a storage path and file name for the configuration file to be saved and confirm your entries with the button SAVE This will save the settings of the tab Defaults to the specified file By performing the above detailed procedure several times you can build up a library of different configuration settings that can be loaded again lat er and then transferred to any project you want Further information about the menu bar and the menu option i Save defaults can be found in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool user guide 2 9 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs 2 4 2 How to Load Predefined Settings As soon as a configuration settings file is available you can load it again into the CLIPSTER software at any time With this you can replace the currently set default values against the stored ones Afterwards the new default values will be used for each new project and for the configura tion of the CLIPSTER software and the video system in general Addi tionally if desired you can transfer the new default settings to your currently active project To load a previously saved configuration file perform the following e On the Options menu of the menu bar of CLIPSTER select the menu option Load defaults This will ope
66. control panel such as an edit controller and the slaves will frame accurately follow its commands What is Possible with the Multi device Operation Mode The slave devices frame accurately follow any play operation of the master device including slow fast motion jog shuttle loop and re verse mode When playing out the timeline on the master device all systems display the same frame positions 7 The timeline contents of these positions may be different ac Li cording to the material available on the hard disk array and the clips present at this position in the timeline SSS What is not Possible with the Multi device Operation Mode Static settings cannot be received from the master device automatically and have to be set at each device individually Static settings are for ex ample video raster sync source sync output audio channels quantization 8 or 10 bit Furthermore a simultaneous control of a connected device via RS 422 from one of the DVS video systems will no longer be possible due to an activated slave mode PVs Other Applications and Systems 5 2 4 Cable Specifications for a Multi device Operation Some connections for the multi device operation mode need a cross over cable to receive the commands correctly For the connection you have to use a standard 9 pin RS 422 cable and the delivered adapter The 9 pin cable together with the adapter form the crossover cable The c
67. cording with CLIPSTER or as a recorder while playing out with CLIP STER Further information about how to control a device via RS 422 can be found in the CLIPSTER I O Tool user guide es The following describes the procedure and actions performed by CLIP STER and the VTR as they would occur during a record operation with a connected VTR as a recorder However they will be similar when the VTR is used as a play out source Before recording data with a VTR while CLIPSTER is playing out it is necessary to define some general parameters such as the edit lag and the preroll time of the VTR in the CLIPSTER software These parameters are necessary because the VTR is a mechanical device that requires some time to perform its operations frame accurately These have to be taken into account by CLIPSTER when controlling the VTR and the nec essary parameters can be defined in the VTR group of the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool see section The Group VTR on page 2 55 Be cause the parameters are characteristics of the connected VTR the nec essary values can be found in its technical details The whole process of for example starting a record operation on the connected VTR via CLIPSTER can be divided into several commands sent by CLIPSTER To start a record operation on a VTR CLIPSTER be gins its command sequence with a play command The VTR needs some time to get ready for a frame accurate operation meaning the VTR needs some t
68. correct their color space field mode etc i When recording clips and adding them with a capture opera For a play out you can mix different materials in the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool When playing out the CLIPSTER soft ware will evaluate each clip present in the timeline separately whether it provides for instance a full or a restricted color val ue range The appropriate scalings if necessary are then ap plied automatically On the other hand you have to observe the output settings see chapter Video Format Settings on page 3 1 There as well you have settings for color spaces color modes and color value ranges However this time they describe the output format in which the material should be given out With all this at hand you will receive the following output The properties of the bin clips in the CLIPSTER software must match the material on the hard disk array source Table 6 1 Settings and results for an output play out Source Bin Clip Video Format Result Properties Settings Output Remarks Color Bande SDI Rance Color Banoe Mode 8 Mode 8 Mode 8 RGB Full RGB RGB range RGB Full No conversion 1 1 of Full original RGB Full RGB RGB range RGB Head Conversion of RGB Full Head to RGB Head RGB Full YUV YUV range YUV Full Conversion of RGB Full Full to YUV Full RGB Full YUV YUV range YUV Head Conversion of RGB Full Head to YUV Head
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70. d be applied to and load it into the CLIPSTER software Dvs The Configuration Tool e After this open the Configuration Tool of CLIPSTER as described in section Starting the Software Module on page 2 3 and if not already activated switch to the tab Project e Then click on the button DEFAULTS below the group list see sec tion Overview of the User Interface on page 2 6 to transfer the settings of the tab Defaults to the project settings This will open a warning message whether you really want to transfer the default settings to the project settings e Click on the button OK to transfer the settings e After this confirm the new project settings with the button OK in the button area of the Configuration Tool The settings available on the tab Defaults are now set on the Project tab as well and they are enabled for your currently loaded project The settings on the tab Project are stored in a project file as soon as the loaded project is saved CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide DVS 2 5 The Configuration Settings In this section you can find detailed descriptions about the individual settings groups of the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool and the respective items they provide The CLIPSTER Configuration Tool provides overall two configuration groupings on different tabs The groups available in the group list when the tab Project is activated are used to configure project related set tings while
71. d to SD data SMPTE 274 Color space and matrix usual ly applied to HD data This setting specifies whether the color space of the data on the hard disk array is in a restricted Head or in a full value range Ful1 The color space of YUV is normally in a restricted value range with 8 bit data for Y ranging from 16 to 235 and for U as well as V from 16 to 240 A full range for example from O to 255 8 bit da ta is less common with YUV signals In RGB 8 bit with a color space of the restricted val ue range you will have values ranging from 16 total black to 235 full white whereas with a full range color space you will have values ranging from O total black to 255 full white Together with RGB the latter color range is mainly used when working with the data on the computer side with editing applications sions and color value ranges can be found in section Color iJ More general information about color spaces color conver Space Conversions and Scalings on page 6 5 More detailed information about the color space and color value range set tings as well as how they will affect the final result when pro cessing video data can be found in section Setting Color Space Conversions and Scalings on page 6 10 Source timecode Some file formats for clips are capable of storing timecode information These source timecodes can then be used in the timeline of CLIPSTER Howev er when recording clip
72. de allows for a simultaneous control of several DVS video systems by one RS 422 control panel It uses the master slave principle One video device is the master and all other connected devices are slaves that follow the commands of the master device 5 7 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide DVS 5 8 All video devices in the multi device operation keep their whole range of features The DVS video systems can be set up and controlled indi vidually when not in the multi device operation mode via their control ling software as usual Each participant in the multi device operation has to be configured to its respective role in the multi device operation This can be performed with a setting available in the group VTR of the CLIPSTER or Pronto2K ProntoHD Configuration Tool see section The Group VTR on page 2 55 Furthermore the video format at each device should be set correctly and their synchronization in and outputs have to be configured ac cordingly see section Video Format Settings on page 3 1 Once each participant in the multi device operation is configured cor rectly you have to enable the multi device operation mode on all con nected devices master as well as slave s For this at all devices the slave mode has to be activated i e the SLAVE MODE button in the user interface of the controlling software has to be activated During the multi device operation the master has to be controlled by an RS 422
73. down The audio mode of the selected stream in the list box can be configured with this setting Select from the list box the respective stream that should provide another audio mode and select the desired mode from the combo box Mode By changing a stereo stream into a mono i stream you divide one stream into two separate ones The remnant channel of the stereo stream can be added as anoth er mono stream via the ADD button With the combo box Resolution you can set the resolution of the selected audio stream bit depth Select from the list box the respective stream that should provide another resolution and choose the desired bit depth from the combo box You can set the sampling rate of the selected audio stream via this combo box Select from the list box the respective stream that should provide another sampling rate and choose the desired one via the combo box CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide Other Applications and Systems Because the CLIPSTER software was designed for the high end market when working with video CLIPSTER can be seamlessly integrated into existing workflows if the use of other applications and or systems is re quired However to work with particular third party applications and or systems properly CLIPSTER has sometimes to be configured in a certain way These configurations will be detailed in this section Fur thermore it will be explained how to use CLIPSTER in a multi de
74. dpx file format is checked for and provided with source timecode information Display With this setting you can switch between a timecode and frame notation for the CLIPSTER software For example if Frames is selected at all appropriate places the frame information is displayed instead of the timecode information 2 46 The Configuration Tool Display type Short timecode iJ If as a display type Source TC is se lected for the timeline has no effect on the the frame information viewing source timecode displayed by the clips i e you will still see the respective source timecode of the clips The setting Display type changes the way the position information is displayed by the clips in the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool Internal Source TC File number The internal timecode of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool s timeline is used With this setting the clips in the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool use the timecode provided by the header of the file source timecode and set either via the Configuration Tool of CLIP STER setting Default source TC or the clips properties see chapter Bin Clip Properties on page 4 1 With this setting the clips in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool s timeline will show you the number of the respective image file e g the image img00231 dpx as the starting point of the clip will be shown with 231 This setting performs the same opera i tion as the displa
75. e automatic save function of the project file au tosave as well as more software specific settings such as the bin properties For this the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool provides two con figuration groupings on tabs One where you can define project related settings and one where default values and settings are set This chapter explains the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool in detail First because this is the basis of the Configuration Tool the two different configuration groups are explained This will be followed by explana tions how to start and exit the software module After that an overview of the user interface will be given as well as an explanation about how to use predefined settings with the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool The chapter will be concluded with a detailed description of the individual settings groups of the Configuration Tool and the respective items they provide For further background and system structure information J please refer to the other user guides delivered with CLIPSTER 2 1 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs 2 1 Basics 2 2 The CLIPSTER Configuration Tool provides overall two configuration groupings that can be accessed via tabs from its window You can define project related settings in a project grouping tab Project or you can configure default settings that will be used in general tab Defaults Project Defaults Figure 2 1 The two configuration groupings wi
76. e command will be executed The following table provides a list of the available commands ation as menu options on the menus of CLIPSTER s menu bar For further information about them please refer to the CLIP STER Edit Tool user guide iJ Several commands of the table below perform the same oper CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs Command Explanation ActivateAllProxies Activates all proxies in the bin AddEdit Adds a new cutting edit point at the cur rent position of the timeline cursor AddMarker Adds a timeline marker at the current po sition of the timeline cursor BinCheck Checks the consistency of the bin BinClear Removes all clips from the bin BinExport Opens the dialog window to export the bin to a file BinImport Opens the dialog window to import bin data from a file CineReelUpdate Checks for a connected DVS CineReel and loads the clips into the bin CleanTmpDir Cleans up the directory of the temporary data prerendering ClearInOutpoint Deletes the in and outpoint of the time line ClearInpoint Deletes the inpoint of the timeline ClearOutpoint Deletes the outpoint of the timeline DeactivateAll Proxies Deactivates all proxies in the bin DeleteProxies Deletes all available proxies of the current project DisplayForward Starts the play out of the timeline speed 1 DisplayJogFo
77. e g 60 Hz NTSC material usually leads to a timecode offset after some playing time widely known as the 1000 1001 speed offset because the frame rate is for example with NTSC 525i not 30 Hz but 29 97 Hz To account for this phenomenon some frames are dropped from the timecode at certain intervals This behavior of the timecode can be ac tivated with this check box In the CLIPSTER software an activated drop frame timecode feature will be indicated with a full stop as a separator between the seconds and the frames of the timecode format Then the timecode fields of the software will display for example 12 25 07 instead of 12 25 07 ed by this setting i e no image frames will be dropped Only the timecode signal will be adjusted Specifies the data that will be sent in the blanking interval of the video data in Recommended Prac tices of the SMPTE i The given out image content is not affect off No data will be sent by CLIPSTER rp188 DLTC and DVITC rp196 DLTC and DVITC will be transmit ted in the horizontal ancillary data space HANC PVs Video Format Settings rp201 DVITC and keycode rp215 DVITC and keycode as well as vari ous others when they were recorded by CLIPSTER Pulldown If appropriate and available select the necessary pulldown method from the Pulldown and Start phase combo boxes Pulldown is needed when working with film originated material For more details about pulldown
78. ead Conversion of YUV Head to RGB Head YUV Head YUV Full YUV Full Conversion of YUV Head to YUV Full YUV Head YUV Head YUV Head No conversion 1 1 of original YUV Head greyscale Full greyscale Full Conversion of YUV Luma Head to greyscale Full YUV Head greyscale Head greyscale Head Conversion of YUV Luma Head to greyscale Head RGB Head RGB Full RGB Full Conversion of RGB Head to RGB Full RGB Head RGB Head RGB Head No conversion 1 1 of original RGB Head YUV Full YUV Full Conversion of RGB Head to YUV Full RGB Head YUV Head YUV Head Conversion of RGB Head to YUV Head RGB Head greyscale Full greyscale Full Conversion of RGB Luma Head to greyscale Full RGB Head greyscale Head greyscale Head Conversion of RGB Luma Head to greyscale Head YUV Full RGB Full RGB Full Conversion of YUV Full to RGB Full YUV Full RGB Head RGB Head Conversion of YUV Full to RGB Head YUV Full YUV Full YUV Full No conversion 1 1 of original YUV Full YUV Head YUV Head Conversion of YUV Full to YUV Head YUV Full greyscale Full greyscale Full Conversion of YUV Full Luma to greyscale Full YUV Full greyscale Head greyscale Head Conversion of YUV Full Luma to greyscale Head CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs 6 5 VTR Settings Via RS 422 CLIPSTER is able to control a connected video tape recorder VTR by remote Then you can use it either as a play out source while re
79. eas as they were shown and described in section Overview on page 3 5 except for the timeline options whose descriptions you can find in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool user guide 3 2 1 Timeline Name 3 8 The CLIPSTER software is prepared to support multiple video timelines Then you can assign to each timeline a different name to distinguish be tween them easily Name Timeline1 Figure 3 3 Timeline name entry field Additionally to assign a timeline name is necessary when you want to control CLIPSTER via a network see section Using CLIPSTER in a Net work on page 5 11 For certain commands you have to enter a time line name to execute them successfully Enter the timeline name in the entry field of the area Name as a string Notation Characters and numbers string Example Timeline 1 After that close and confirm the video format window to assign the timeline name see section Closing the Video Format Settings on page 3 7 PVs Video Format Settings 3 2 2 The Video Formats On the left side of the video format settings window you can find but tons and a list box to select one of the various video formats that the CLIPSTER video system provides For mat APTE 274 SMPTE 274 Figure 3 4 Selection of a video format Select with the buttons SD HD FILM and VESA the video format type that you would like for your video material as an in or output for mat respectively The various formats o
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81. eline If this check box is enabled the inpoint will be set ac cording to the position of the scrub bar cursor If it is disabled the position of the thumbnail s scrub bar cursor will be disregarded and the full clip will be for example added to the timeline In the list box Text values select the text infor mation that should be displayed when the con tents area of the bin is set to the text information view of the clips The selected text information will be available for the text infor mation view of the bin only i e they will not be displayed when the contents area is in the thumbnail view of the clips These values allow you to adjust the height and width of the thumbnails visible in the thumbnail view of the bin Either enter the size in pixels manually or use the controls to the right of the entry field to step the value up or down until it is set as desired Additionally these values will also be used for the thumbnails shown by the Content Browser of the CLIPSTER software Notation In pixels PVs The Configuration Tool 2 5 2 The Group Capture Tool With the group Capture Tool you determine settings for the CLIPSTER I O Tool Currently it provides settings concerned with the conforming processes such as the building of a timeline from a given EDL Configuration Project Defaults Capture Tool Group Bin Capture Tool ControlPanel tecursi i for online conforming el names for online confo
82. eo format window see chapter Video Format Settings on page 3 1 Usually the pulldown feature will be available when you select an interlaced raster with a frame rate of 30 or 29 97 Hz Then if appropriate select the necessary pulldown method from the Pulldown and Startphase combo boxes To use this feature for an output or finalizing the video track s i of the timeline should contain 24p material only With the CHECK button to the right of the pulldown settings you can as certain that all material added to the timeline is in this format Prior to using pulldown it is recommended to check the time line with this button With the field Pulldown you can select whether pulldown shall start with three 3 2 Pulldown ortwo 2 3 Pulldown video fields for the first film frame The combo box Startphase sets the pulldown start phase which is im portant if you want to properly insert transferred material behind or in front of existing sequences e g on a VTR tape The pulldown start phase takes the following original pulldown sequences as reference point Film Frames 1 2 3 4 3 2 Pulldown Fields 11 12 23 33 44 2 3 Pulldown Fields 11 22 23 34 44 The pulldown start phase specifies at which point in these sequences the processing shall start The different settings effect the following pulldown sequences Pulldown Start Phase Result Setting Setting 3 2 Pulldown A 11 12 23 33 44 B 2 23 33 44 11 1
83. eo format with this function If you leave the Auto Scale check box unchecked the material will maintain its original size Examples of the results of this setting can be found in figure 3 7 on page 3 17 Via the check box Original Aspect Ratio the as pect ratio the relation of width x and height y of the video format can be preserved Thus the images will not get stretched nor compressed Ex amples of the results of this setting can be found in the figure below PVs Video Format Settings HD 1920 x 1080 Original material AO Ad SD 720 x 576 SD HD format selected without autoscaling Aut li tivated utoscaling activate Aspect ratio activated ye Sa Autoscaling activated Aspect ratio deactivated Figure 3 7 The results of autoscaling and original aspect ratio If the video material is too small or too great for the selected i raster you can use the effects operator Zoom Pan of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool to receive acceptable play out results via panning and or zooming 3 2 5 Special Items when Configuring the Input Format The items not included in the video format window for an output i e the items that are only available when configuring an input are ex plained in this section The following items are only available when con figuring the input video format The AUTODETECTION button directly above the buttons to select the video format type enables you to detect the video format automatically
84. er Guide PVs System base video Designates the main path to the video directory directory where the project and clip directory structure begins usually the path to the real time capable video hard disk array It is a system setting not saved in a project file and is concerned with the handling of relative or absolute path informa tion stored in a project file e g for video clips As long as only material from the base video di rectory is used for a project it has no direct con sequences for your work Only when deviating from this or when exchanging project files be tween video systems the System base video directory will be used Then you may get a warning In addition to the following explana i tions you can find further information about this setting in section Notes on Directory Paths on page 6 2 In case you are using material which is not locat ed on the System base video directory you may get a warning message that the clips may not be real time capable You can turn on or off the warning message with the Warn if base di rectory mismatch check box When you are exchanging project files between video systems that are configured to different system base video directories CLIPSTER will search in its own System base video directo ry for the respective clips As long as the paths following the base video directories are identical on both video systems there will not be a prob lem and CLIPSTER is able to
85. f the chosen video format type that CLIPSTER can process will then be displayed in the list box below the buttons After that select from the list box the desired video format If appropriate the video format details to the right will change auto matically For an input of video signals the incoming signal has to match the video format settings i e it must be of the same format and raster as the signal present at CLIPSTER s input For this the window for an input of video signals provides the AUTODETEC TION button which allows for an automatic detection of the video format by the CLIPSTER software see section Special Items when Configuring the Input Format on page 3 17 The items in the list box can be sorted Simply click on the re spective column heading to sort the entries in ascending or de scending order 3 9 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs 3 2 3 The Video Format Details To the right of the items to choose a video format you can find the vid eo format details SDI Mode hl atrix SMPTE 274 YUY range Head RGB range Full Syne in Internal H input delay 0 V input delay oO Syne out H TTL HF VF H output delay V output delay Tics n ype op frame ANC Generator Pulldown Startphase Figure 3 5 Settings for the details of the video format There you have to state the further in or output parameters In detail this area provides the following items SDI Mode This setti
86. file It will be added to the list box above and the specifi cation items below the buttons become avail able to set the necessary profile parameters With the button DELETE you can delete an al ready defined external application from the list box Simply select an entry from the list box and press this button to delete it In the entry field Name enter the name of your application profile This field will be available as soon as an entry is selected from the list box or a new one is added In this entry field you have to state the path and file name of the external application You may also click on the button to the right of the entry field to select an application directly via the opening dialog window This field will be avail able as soon as an entry is selected from the list box or a new one is added Notation drive_letter directory subdirectory filename exe Instead of the backslash you may also use a slash Example C WINDOWS system32 mspaint exe For a defined external application you may have to set appropriate program parameters for in stance to allow for a processing of an image se quence They can be entered in this entry field Please consult the respective program s user guide for more information about its program parameters This field will be available as soon as an entry is selected from the list box or a new one is added The Configuration Tool Sequence Enable this
87. find these clips If this is not the case you will be notified by a warning message With this feature you can use client workstations to prepare a project while mastering is performed on a CLIPSTER video system Either type in the path in the respective entry field or click on the button to the right E to select a path directly via the opening dialog win dow Notation drive_letter directo ry subdirectory Instead of the backslash you may also use a slash 2 28 The Configuration Tool Undo depth Zoom on cursor Example V Video Default value v This item changes the number of steps that can be undone via the Undo menu option on the Edit menu menu bar of the CLIPSTER soft ware Either enter the number manually or use the controls to the right of the entry field to step the value up or down until it is set as desired With this check box you determine whether a zooming in or out of the timeline will be per formed on the position of the timeline cursor timeline cursor is center of the zoom or on the set viewing position of the timeline the current ly visible center of the timeline will be zoomed to If activated a zoom on the timeline cursor will be performed otherwise a zoom on the viewing position CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs 2 5 7 The Group Insert Project 2 30 The insertion of projects in the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool can be configured
88. he CLIPSTER Edit Tool user guide Starting the Configuration Tool Using the Task Bar To start the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool with the task bar of the CLIP STER software perform the following e Activate the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool with the button CoNFIG in the task bar of the user interface EEIE This will open the user interface of the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool with the tab Project activated see section Overview of the User In terface on page 2 6 Then you can alter the project related settings directly or switch to the default settings with the help of the tab De faults see section Basics on page 2 2 Starting the Configuration Tool Using the Menu Bar Alternatively to start the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool you may also use the menus of the menu bar of CLIPSTER When using this method 2 3 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs 2 4 you have two options at hand you can choose between a configuration of the project related settings or a configuration of the default values To start the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool with the project related set tings tab activated perform the following e Via the menu bar of the CLIPSTER software select from the Options menu the Project config menu option This will open the Configuration Tool of CLIPSTER with the tab Project activated see section Overview of the User Interface on page 2 6 Then you can alter the project related settings direct
89. help to the various network commands ImportDefaults Opens the dialog window to import a once saved configuration of the CLIP STER Configuration Tool from a file IsInputRaster Checks whether the entered raster is Available lt time line name gt lt raster gt available for an input the timeline name has to be stated as entered in the video format settings window to configure the output see section Timeline Name on page 3 8 as a raster you may enter its number or name as provided for exam ple by Get InputRasters IsRasterAvailable lt timeline name gt lt raster gt Checks whether the entered raster is available for an output the timeline name has to be stated as entered in the video format settings window to configure the output see section Timeline Name on page 3 8 as a raster you may enter its number or name as provided for exam ple by GetRasters JumpFrameBack Jumps five frames backward JumpFrameForward Jumps five frames forward ModelInsert Activates the insert mode ModeOverwrite Activates the overwrite mode OptionsConnect Either connects or disconnects the driver Other Applications and Systems Command Explanation OptionsDefaults Starts the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool with the tab to configure the default con figurations activated PrerenderAll Prerenders the project ProjectConfig Starts the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool with the ta
90. hough it is still true monochrome CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide Table 6 2 Settings and results for an input record Source Video Format Storage Format z Result Settings Input Settings Record Remarks Color A File Format RORE Color Rane SDI Mode 6 Saving Type 8 Mode 8 RGB RGB range RGB Full RGB Full No conversion 1 1 of Full original RGB RGB range RGB Head RGB Head Conversion of RGB Full Full to RGB Head RGB RGB range greyscale Full grey Full Conversion of RGB Full Luma scale Full to greyscale Full RGB RGB range greyscale Head grey Head Conversion of RGB Full Luma scale Full to greyscale Head YUV YUV range RGB Full RGB Full Conversion of YUV Head Head to RGB Full YUV YUV range RGB Head RGB Head Conversion of YUV Head Head to RGB Head YUV YUV range YUV Full YUV Full Conversion of YUV Head Head to YUV Full YUV YUV range YUV Head YUV Head No conversion 1 1 of Head original YUV YUV range greyscale Full grey Full Conversion of YUV Head Luma scale Head to greyscale Full YUV YUV range greyscale Head grey Head Conversion of YUV Head Luma scale Head to greyscale Head RGB RGB range RGB Full RGB Full Conversion of RGB Head Head to RGB Full RGB RGB range RGB Head RGB Head No conversion 1 1 of Head original RGB RGB
91. igital Fusion together with the CLIPSTER hardware If you want to use Digital Fusion with CLIPSTER while the CLIPSTER software is running you have to disconnect the driver from the CLIPSTER software first This can be done with the menu option Driver connect from the Options menu available on the menu bar of the CLIPSTER software Further information about the menu bar can be found in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool user guide If the driver is not in use by another program a simple play i out operation of the timeline in the CLIPSTER software will connect the driver to CLIPSTER again automatically With the CLIPSTER software running in the background of the video workstation it is recommended to stop any display of clips with Digital Fusion for performance reasons PVs Other Applications and Systems 5 2 The Multi device Operation Mode A CLIPSTER system can be extended by a multi device operation mode which allows for a simultaneous control of several CLIPSTER or Pronto2K ProntoHD devices by DVS via one RS 422 control panel such as an edit controller The multi device operation mode is an optionally available fea ture of CLIPSTER Depending on the ordered options for your CLIPSTER video system it may not provide the multi device capability z The multi device operation can only be used in the CLIPSTER or Pronto2K ProntoHD Edit Tool software module The multi device operation mode uses the master slave princ
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93. ime to accelerate the tape to its proper velocity This is called the preroll time To perform a frame accurate record the VTR has to go to a point on the tape before the record op eration should start the record inpoint minus the preroll time The re spective timecode is the point on the tape where the VTR has to start the whole recording process VTR start position tape a nial preroll inpoint In Out TY YY SS TS preroll time record speed 1 Figure 6 5 Preroll position of VTR tape 6 18 Configuration Explanations tape After receiving the play command the VTR starts its play operation from the preroll inpoint and brings the tape to its proper velocity For the following there is also something else to consider From the time a command is sent to the VTR up to the point when the VTR receives and executes the command also some time elapses This is called the edit lag Compared to the preroll time it is much shorter Therefore at some time after the VTR reaches its proper velocity the record com mand is sent by CLIPSTER Then at the proper time the VTR initiates the record at the correct position on the tape Record On Record Off Record Speed 1 preroll inpoint In Out WJ WJ edit lag edit lag Figure 6 6 Edit lag of VTR At the timecode minus the edit lag when to stop the record operation CLIPSTER sends the command to end the recording Then at the prop er time the VTR receives the comm
94. in multi device operation Once the cables are installed the systems are ready for a multi device operation However you also have to adjust the software settings of 5 5 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide DVS each controlling software according to its role in the multi device oper ation Further information about the multi device operation mode i can be found in section Notes on the Multi device Operation Mode on page 5 7 If your application of the multi device operation mode requires a syn chronization of the connected devices please refer to section Syn chronizing the Devices on page 5 6 5 2 2 Synchronizing the Devices 5 6 In most multi device applications it will be necessary to synchronize the connected devices for a proper operation There are two possibilities to synchronize the multi device operation 1 Either use an external sync generator or 2 synchronize the multi device operation from within by selecting one of the connected devices as a sync master Using an External Sync Generator The external sync generator synchronizes all connected devices To in tegrate it in the multi device setup perform the following e Connect all DVS devices with their sync inputs to the external sync generator e If appropriate alter the sync settings of all connected devices via their video format settings Further details about this can be found in section The Video Format Details on page 3
95. ine and trimmed accordingly Then you can work with the clip as usual regardless of the missing da ta At any time later the data on the hard disk can be completed and afterwards the clip in the project will provide this data without any further adjust ments or editing To activate a user defined stop in dex simply enable the check box which will make the entry field to the right available to you Then enter the required stop index When not trimmed beforehand in the i source edit mode of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool the clip will be added to the timeline with its original smaller length To re ceive the new length of the clip in the timeline the outpoint of the clip has to be trimmed accordingly This setting shows whether the clip is recognized as video or audio This setting will be determined by CLIP i STER automatically and cannot be al tered Shows the file format of the clip e This setting will be determined by CLIP i STER automatically and cannot be al tered 4 7 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs 4 2 2 The Flags With the items of the Flags area you can assign specific flags to a clip that may help you during your clip and project management i Flags can only be applied to video clips Flags Best take Good take Alternate take Interviews Outtake B roll Figure 4 3 Flags for a clip Simply activate the appropriate check box es and confirm your se
96. ine cursor CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs Command Explanation SetInputRaster Sets the input raster as a raster you may lt raster gt enter its number or name as provided for example by GetInputRasters SetOutpoint Sets the timeline s outpoint at the current position of the timeline cursor SetRaster lt raster gt Sets the output raster as a raster you may enter its number or name as provided for example by GetRasters StepCuttingNext Jumps to the next cutting point StepCuttingPrevi Jumps to the previous cutting point ous StepFrameBack Steps one frame backward StepFrameForward Steps one frame forward TimelineZoomIn Zooms in on the timeline TimelineZoomOut Zooms out of the timeline TrimLeft Trims the selected in outpoint handler one 1 frame backward TrimLeftFast Trims the selected in outpoint handler ten 10 frames backward TrimRight Trims the selected in outpoint handler one 1 frame forward TrimRightFast Trims the selected in outpoint handler ten 10 frames forward Undo Reverses the latest timeline related action Version Shows the version number of the CLIP STER software 5 4 3 Exiting a Network Connection To stop and cut your network command session perform the following e Type in Exit and press the Enter key on your keyboard The connection to the CLIPSTER application is severed
97. iple One CLIPSTER or Pronto2K ProntoHD is the master that is controlled via a control panel all other systems are slaves that follow the commands of the master device Master and slave devices are connected via additional RS 422 connec tions which are used by the master device to transmit control parame ters current position or play to the slave devices The connections do not use the standard RS 422 master and slave ports but the additional ports labelled AUX 1 to interconnect the systems With this the stan dard RS 422 ports can be connected to control panels and VTRs as usu al and they can be used when not in the multi device operation mode The following details all there is to know about how to setup and op erate the CLIPSTER or Pronto2K ProntoHD systems in a multi device operation mode First the hardware installation and setup will be de scribed followed by some details about how to synchronize the setup Afterwards some notes about the multi device operation mode are de tailed providing you with information how to operate in this mode The chapter will be concluded with a specification about the crossover cable that is needed to interconnect the master with the slave s 5 2 1 Hardware Installation and Setup This section describes the hardware installation and setup to operate two or more CLIPSTER or Pronto2K ProntoHD video systems in a multi device operation mode You can connect as many video systems together
98. ist box and press this button to delete it When in doubt about the external device that is currently connected to the video system you can use the button AUTODETECTION It will mark the currently connected device in the list box and display its settings in the entry fields below With the entry field Name you can change the name of a device profile This field will be avail able as soon as an entry is selected from the list box or a new one is added In this entry field you can enter or alter the de vice ID of a profile Afterwards all devices that send out this ID will use this profile The field will be available as soon as an entry is selected from the list box or a new one is added Notation 2 bytes hexadecimal number gt _ In order to be recognized correctly the i number has to be preceded by 0x indi cating that it is a hexadecimal number Example 0xf037 2 59 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide DVS 2 60 Preroll Editlag Disable AIV channels gt 4 With this setting you can adjust the time that the connected external device e g a VTR needs to bring itself to the correct speed for the operation to be performed usually speed 1 It is a characteristic of the external device that can be found in its technical details To change it ei ther enter a new value in seconds or use the controls to the right of this field to step the value up or down Notation In seconds Example 5s
99. it is deactivated the software is switched to the single threaded I O mode and each file will be processed one by one 2 35 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs 2 36 Enable Perfor mance Monitor Enable Scrollable History Allocated History Memory have to close and start the CLIPSTER software to bring a change of it into ef fect Furthermore it is valid for the CLIPSTER software in general and therefore available on the tab Defaults only Switching the CLIPSTER software to the single threaded I O mode may lead to a loss of performance especial ly when working with higher data rates For performance reasons it is rec ommended to enable the multi thread ed I O mode This setting enables the performance monitor of the CLIPSTER software When the chart of the performance monitor or its status bar shows the message Performance Monitor disabled it is deactivated and most of the control items will be disabled as well To use the performance monitor you have to enable it first by activating this check box With this check box you activate the history mode of the performance monitor Then you will be able to scroll back in the chart via the slid er to the right hand side of the performance monitor s chart controls After enabling the check box for the history mode of the performance monitor you can de termine the amount of data that should be available for a history view with this setting Once the
100. k box is activated Other wise they will be added to the bin with a slightly altered bin clip name added incrementing num ber without overwriting the present clips CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide 2 5 8 The Group Overlay With the video overlay in the control area of the CLIPSTER software you can view the material present in the timeline All clips and the ef fects of added operators to timeline elements can be viewed immedi ately Furthermore the video overlay of CLIPSTER provides safety areas that can be set to your liking and needs action safety area safety area cross title ws safety area a Figure 2 10 Video overlay safety areas Via the group Overlay you can set up and configure the appearance of the overlay and its items Configuration Project Defaults Group Bin Capture Tool ControlP anel Drag n Drop External Gen Figure 2 11 The settings items of the group Overlay 2 32 The Configuration Tool In detail the settings pane with the group Overlay selected will show you the following items Analyse above overlay Analyse type Analyse color Lock synchronize The video overlay of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool provides video scopes to monitor the color and luminance within your project more closely With this check box you can alter the layout of the video scopes When it is deactivated the scope and the overlay are displayed separately in the control area
101. l source edit mode of the control area the set application s under the Export to Application menu option on the context menu of the source s video overlay to the left can be selected Then you can choose one of them to transfer the video data either a single frame or a complete sequence to the specified program However to have an application available in the submenu of the Ex port to Application menu option you have to define and set it first which can be done with the settings items of the group External Further information about the Export to Application menu options can be found in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool user guide amp Configuration Project Defaults External Add Name Application Options Sequence procesin Destructive export Figure 2 7 The settings items of the group External 2 21 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs In the settings pane of the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool with the group External selected you can find the following items List box ADD DELETE Name Application Options 2 22 In the list box you can see a list of all already set and specified external applications Each entry in this box will also be available in the submenus of the Export to Application menu options Select from this list box one entry for instance to change its settings or to delete it The button ADD creates a new application pro file with the default name New pro
102. line In detail the group Timeline provides the following settings items Trim audio tovideo Whilst the smallest unit of a video clip is a single frames frame the smallest unit of an audio clip is a sam ple CLIPSTER provides up to 48 000 samples per second of audio 48 kHz opposed to the re spective video frequency setting frames per second for the video output Instead of trim ming audio clips in the timeline in samples if this setting is enabled you can trim the audio clips in frames 2 51 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs 2 52 Reverse Video Stack Enable tooltips Ignore in outpoints for play Default inputraster With the timeline area of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool configured to several video tracks you can per form a vertical editing in the timeline Usually the video tracks are displayed with the track of the highest number at the top of all tracks When this check box is activated the display of the video tracks can be reversed Then the track with the lowest number will be shown at the tracks does not affect the play out pri ority i e the priority of the video track with the highest number over all oth ers Clips added to the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool provide various information via tooltips With this check box you can activate or deacti vate the display of the tooltips when the mouse cursor is placed over a clip in the timeline area If the check box is enabled the too
103. ll be described followed by an overview of the window After this a more detailed description of each settings item will be provided Chapter 5 This chapter provides further details and gener al information for a proper configuration of the CLIPSTER video system when you want to use it with other applications and systems Among them you can find explanations about how to operate CLIPSTER in a multi device operation mode and via a network from another worksta tion Chapter 6 Some of the configuration settings described in this user guide may need further explanations which will be given in this chapter Index This chapter facilitates the search for specific terms 1 3 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide DVS 1 2 Target Group To use this manual you should have experience in PC handling and be familiar with the handling of digital video equipment For the full use of the explained individual configuration settings it is best to have extensive knowledge in the field of digital video and the CLIPSTER software as well as its functions in general Furthermore if you want to use other applications or systems together with CLIPSTER you should know how to handle them as well 1 4 PVs Introduction 1 3 Conventions Used in this User Guide The following typographical conventions will be used in this documen tation e Texts preceded by this symbol describe activities that you must per
104. lly via the properties of the clip present in the bin The altered clip properties will then be used for this clip in the entire CLIPSTER software for some settings even if it was al ready added to the timeline 4 1 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs 4 1 Basics This section describes some basics regarding the clip properties of a vid eo or audio clip in the bin After a description of how to access the prop erties an overview of its window is provided This is followed by a description of how to close and if applicable confirm the properties of a bin clip 4 1 1 Accessing the Clip Properties 4 2 You can call up the properties of a video or audio clip in the bin via its context menu For this an audio or video clip has to be present in the contents Li area of the bin To receive a clip in the bin you have to either record it via the CLIPSTER I O Tool or add it manually to the contents area Further information about this or the bin in gen eral can be found in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool user guide e In the contents area of the bin invoke the context menu on the clip whose properties you would like to change amp e On the context menu select the menu option Properties e Contrary to video the properties of audio multi clips cannot be Li changed Usually when an audio multi clip is added to the contents area of the bin a subfolder will be created automati cally which will then cont
105. ltips are acti vated otherwise they are deactivated This setting provides the same function i as the Enable tooltip menu option on the context menu of a clip in the CLIP STER Edit Tool s timeline With this check box you can specify the way a play out of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool s timeline is performed If it is activated the timeline will al ways be played out in full despite of a set in and outpoint for the timeline If it is deactivated the in outpoint will be heeded and a play out occurs between the in and outpoint only With this setting you can determine the input raster that the CLIPSTER I O Tool will use for a record of video signals by default when a new project is initialized This setting is valid for the CLIPSTER i software in general and therefore available on the tab Defaults only top i Reversing the display of the timeline The Configuration Tool Marker color Default raster Tooltip values Waveform color Waveform duration The setting Marker color allows you to change the color of the timeline markers that can be used in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool It shows you the color that is currently set for the markers Right beside the field indicating the current color you can find a button A click on this button opens the standard window of the operating system to mix and change colors With the help of this window set the color to your liking and confirm your selection with the O
106. ly To start the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool with the default settings tab activated perform the following e Via the menu bar of the CLIPSTER software select from the Options menu the Defaults menu option This will open the Configuration Tool of CLIPSTER with the tab De faults activated Then you can alter the default and general CLIPSTER software settings directly A screen shot of the user interface with the tab Defaults activated can be found in section The Group Bin on page 2 13 e You can switch between the two configuration possibilities eas Li ily via the tabs at the top of the window of the Configuration Tool see section Basics on page 2 2 s PVs The Configuration Tool 2 2 2 Exiting the Software Module To end the current CLIPSTER Configuration Tool session perform the following e Use either one of the following possibilities button OK This button confirms your alterations to the settings in the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool and closes its user interface Then the new settings will be in effect button CANCEL The button CANCEL closes the user interface of the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool without confirming your settings The video system and the CLIPSTER software will use the lat est confirmed settings Alt F4 Same as button CANCEL Same as button CANCEL CLIPSTER stores the configuration settings made under the tab i Defaults automatical
107. ly when the main software is shut down how to exit the CLIPSTER software is described for example in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool user guide The settings set under the tab Project will be saved project specific in a project file After this the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool will be closed and you re turn to the main window of the CLIPSTER software 2 5 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs 2 3 Overview of the User Interface 2 6 The following figure shows the user interface of the CLIPSTER Config uration Tool as it appears after starting the module for information on how to start it see section Starting the Software Module on page 2 3 Configuration tabs eWresimecs group list e Thumbnail sets inpoint x Text values settings pane 2 9 predefined settings Fe button area s Figure 2 2 The user interface of the Configuration Tool After starting the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool software module you can find the following items in its user interface tabs The CLIPSTER Configuration Tool provides overall two configuration groupings one to set project specific set tings and one to configure the default settings These two groupings can be accessed easily with the tabs at the top of the Configuration Tool s user interface As soon as a different tab than the selected one is activat ed the Configuration Tool will change its appearance
108. may ask for different settings and with the Configura tion Tool of CLIPSTER you can easily switch between different settings For this you have the possibility at hand to save the default and CLIP STER software settings to a file Afterwards they can be easily loaded again at a later time Additionally when new or different default set tings are available you can transfer them to any CLIPSTER project you want without any problem By using the above mentioned procedures you can build up a library of various configuration settings and use them for different purposes or projects without configuring the whole system anew This section describes shortly how to save and load the default settings of the CLIPSTER software as well as how to transfer them to a project where they should be applied 2 4 1 How to Save Predefined Settings In order to save any settings you have to configure them first and af terwards store them into a file For this perform the following e Open the Configuration Tool of CLIPSTER as described in section Starting the Software Module on page 2 3 and switch to the tab Defaults if not already active e On the tab Defaults configure all settings to your liking via the set tings groups in the list to the left and the settings pane to the right see section Overview of the User Interface on page 2 6 e Afterwards confirm these settings with the button OK The default settings are altered now and you can
109. mene tren ere eer eer ere 2 59 clip properties cccceseceeeees 4 4 Ignore disk size neccen 2 27 Configuration Tool s s 2 5 Ignore in outpoints for play 2 52 video format settings 000 3 7 Ignore reel names for online conforming external application cccccceeeees 2 21 2 15 destructive export cccccceee 2 23 Mage values sessies errer 2 14 external network connection 2 44 inpoint setting in bin 0 2 14 external sync generator s s 5 6 NpUt wee cette tenes 3 5 3 9 6 12 video format settings 3 1 6 12 F insert projects lecce 2 30 installation of Digital Fusion and a ccecescscescsseseeseseeseseeees 4 10 CLIPSTER ss sssssesesresnseeeneeteetentetens 5 2 File format faikassvci css dsapdcuadcataxaatacrsada 4 7 _ interlaced material 2 48 3 18 4 10 Filename s cccccceccceeeaeceeeeeeeaeeees 4 6 6 3 film CS a 3 1 ITU R BT 6017 es eeeeeeeeteteeteteetetteeees 6 8 finalizing color space conversion 6 15 K color value scalings 6 15 flags oieee 4 4 4 8 Keep Drop Report sssssssssrerrereren 2 37 folders create ccceeseceeeeeeeeeees 2 20 key PEE AE maa wmee eens saunas ST 4 10 frame information 2 46 3 12 keycode cocccsssesadacskearensaeaeeeneneacuans 2 43 frame number c ccccceeeeees 4 6 4 7 NOALION sesad eves tesdsesesesesadarwebese 2 43 frame Offset ccccceecceeceseeeeeeee 3 13 Frame rate ccccccec
110. n See also setting Display type above This setting switches the LTC output of the hardware between the timeline timecode and the timecode of the auxiliary SD output This way you can give out the timeline set for exam ple to 24p with another timecode However for this only the timecode of the SD Aux output is available Timeline Provides the set timeline time code at the LTC output SD Aux Provides the timecode of the auxiliary SD output at the LTC output Specifies whether the relative timeline timecode or the source timecode provided by the file should be output together with the video signal The type of source timecode to be output can be selected freely either via the Configuration Tool of CLIPSTER or the properties of clips in the bin See also setting Display type above The Configuration Tool 2 5 14 The Group Timeline With the Timeline group you configure settings valid for the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool With them you can for example alter the appearances of items on the timeline or configure its general behavior e g when performing a trimming or when working with vertical edit ing Configuration Project Defaults Group Timeline Trim audi deo frames Revers Enabl Ignore infoutpoints for play Default input raster SMPTE 27 Marker color Default raster Tooltip values T de Timeline Vtr Logarithmic waveform Cancel Figure 2 17 The settings items of the group Time
111. n the standard dialog window for the selection of a file e In the dialog window to load a file select the configuration file that contains the desired settings from the list box or enter its name in the respective entry field e Once the appropriate file is selected confirm your choice with the button OPEN The settings stored in the chosen configuration file will now be set as the default values on the tab Defaults of the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool In the future these will then be used for each initialized new project Furthermore depending on the loaded settings some configu rations of the CLIPSTER software in general and the video system may have changed the software only see section The Configuration Settings on i Some changes to the settings will be in effect after a restart of page 2 12 amp Further information about the menu option Load defaults can be found in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool user guide Next when new or different default settings are available you can transfer them to any CLIPSTER project you want e The settings on the tab Defaults are stored together with the CLIPSTER software when it is shut down 2 4 3 How to Transfer the Default Settings to a Project When new or different default settings are available on the tab De faults you can transfer them to any CLIPSTER project you want For this perform the following e Open the project where the new or different settings shoul
112. nfluence the color space and color value range of the recorded material First you have to observe the source signal which is connected to the inputs of the CLIPSTER video system To initiate a record with the CLIP STER I O Tool the set video format must match the incoming signal i e it must be of the same format raster etc as the incoming signal Otherwise a correct record will not be possible To make this easy the CLIPSTER I O Tool offers you an automatic detection of the signal that 6 12 Configuration Explanations is currently connected to the video system s input However some set tings cannot be detected automatically by the CLIPSTER software such as the color value ranges and you have to set them so that they corre spond to the incoming signal The color value range as well as the ap plying color conversion matrix can be set in the video format window when configuring the input video raster see chapter Video Format Settings on page 3 1 The settings that cannot be detected automatically will be set i to commonly used values according to the chosen or detected color space If the incoming video signal differs from the set de fault values you have to alter them Next you have to consider the storage format of the video data to be saved to the video hard disk array The color space settings of the clip to be saved are usually made at the same location where the file format is specified There yo
113. ng determines the O mode of the in coming or outgoing signal during an in or output i e the color space YUV or RGB the sampling frequencies e g 4 4 4 and the color bit depth e g 10 bit Matrix This setting indicates the color conversion matrix that will be used if a conversion between different color spaces and or scalings between different val ue ranges are necessary Usually with a video for matin SD the CCIR 601 and with a video format in HD SMPTE 274 is selected YUV range If you have selected YUV as the SDI mode this set ting will be available and observed It specifies whether the color space range of the data at the in or output is in a restricted Head or in a full val ue range Full 3 10 Video Format Settings RGB range The color space range of YUV is normally in a re stricted value range with 8 bit data for Y from 16 to 235 and for U as well as V from 16 to 240 A full range for example from O to 255 8 bit data is less common with YUV signals If you have selected RGB as the SDI mode this set ting will be available and evaluated It specifies whether the color space range of the data at the in or output is in a restricted Head or in a full val ue range Full In RGB 8 bit with a color space of the restricted val ue range you will have values ranging from 16 to tal black to 235 full white whereas with a full range color space you will have values ranging from O to
114. ng note Anyway a lack of this note does not mean any commitment from DVS GmbH CLIPSTER is a registered trademark of DVS Digital Video Systems GmbH Digital Fusion is a trade mark of eyeon Software Inc MS DOS and Windows are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Any other product names mentioned in this documentation may be trademarks or registered trade marks of their respective owners and as such are subject to the usual statutory provisions PVs Headquarters DVS Digital Video Systems GmbH Krepenstr 8 30165 Hannover GERMANY Phone 49 511 67807 0 Fax 49 511 630070 E mail info dvs de Internet http www dvs de Support Phone 49 511 67807 25 Fax 49 511 67807 31 E mail support dvs de For the Americas U S Headquarters DVS Digital Video Inc 300 East Magnolia Boulevard Suite 102 Burbank CA 91502 USA Phone 1 818 846 3600 Fax 1 818 846 3648 E mail info dvsus com Internet http www dvsus com Support E mail support dvsus com l I Contents I l 1 Introduction cee 1 1 WI OVEVIEW ssiri dosane aa ei enea iai 1 3 12 Target FU asesinaron aeina Na EEn SEn 1 4 1 3 Conventions Used in this User Guide 0 eee 1 5 2 The Configuration Tool 2 P c E 2 2 2 2 Starting and Exiting the Configuration Tool cceee 2 3 2 2 1 Starting the Software Module cceecceee
115. ng the device ID in the entry field to a customized ID you can at any time restore the de fault IDs of CLIPSTER with the button DEFAULT to the right Afterwards the entry field will provide the setting 0x0000 again CLIPSTER as Master With CLIPSTER you can control other devices connected via RS 422 by remote for example as a play out source while recording with the CLIPSTER I O Tool With the following settings you can define with the help of device profiles what edit lag and preroll time the CLIPSTER soft ware should observe for each detected device These parameters will then be used during an RS 422 operation for this device Once the CLIPSTER software is started it will automatically detect any newly connected external device because via its RS 422 connection it receives an ID indicating the type of the external device All commonly known external devices can be detected and their name as well as pa rameters will then be set accordingly in the profile list box This usually takes place in the background of the system CLIPSTER searches in cer tain intervals for previously not connected external devices and as soon as a such a device is detected by CLIPSTER its profile will be added to the settings explained further below with the type of the external de vice as its name Additionally the parameters will be set accordingly and correctly for this device However if CLIPSTER does not recognize the external device a profile will be c
116. ngs will be in ef fect for the respective clip button CANCEL The button CANCEL closes the clip properties window without confirming your settings The CLIPSTER software will use the latest confirmed settings Alt F4 Same as button CANCEL Same as button CANCEL e CLIPSTER will store the properties set via the clip properties l window project specific in the project files After using one of the mentioned possibilities the window to configure the clip properties will be closed 4 4 PVs Bin Clip Properties 4 2 The Bin Clip Properties in Detail This section describes the window to set the properties of a clip in the bin in detail It is structured into the different areas as they were shown and described in section Overview on page 4 3 Once the settings are complete you can confirm them as described in section Closing the Clip Properties on page 4 4 They will then be in effect for this clip and its representations in the entire CLIPSTER software 4 2 1 The General Clip Properties The area General provides more general characteristics and parame ters of the clip such as its name file name or directory path General Name Path Holhywooc Filename s Holly Startindex 0 Stop index 599 Userstop index 0 Type Video File format YUY S bits Figure 4 2 General properties of a clip In detail this area provides the following settings Name This entry field sta
117. ns Head meaning a signal in the restricted value range and providing headroom for tolerances or a possible signal overshooting iJ The settings necessary to perform a color space scaling as well as the possible results of the manyfold settings available in the CLIPSTER software can be found in section Setting Color Space Conversions and Scalings on page 6 10 6 9 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs 6 4 Setting Color Space Conversions and Scalings This section details the necessary settings and their outcome when pro cessing video data between different color spaces and value ranges with CLIPSTER It is divided into the different software modules of CLIPSTER and their applications Further more basic information about color spaces and value i ranges can be found in section Color Space Conversions and Scalings on page 6 5 To indicate the different color value ranges DVS uses in its soft ware the settings Ful1 indicating the full value range and Head meaning the restricted value range that provides head room for tolerances or a possible signal overshooting 6 4 1 In the Edit Tool or When Playing Out Data 6 10 When playing out data for example with the CLIPSTER Edit Tool you have various settings at your disposal where color spaces and value ranges can be set They all will affect the play out result in some way and color space conversions and or scalings between different value r
118. o render motion effects of an EDL M2 speed changes If this check box is enabled the motion effects will be created and rendered i e image files may be omitted or created anew ac cording to the specified speed of the effect and the set frame rate If it is disabled the command lines of this effect in the EDL will be disregarded and the respective clip will be created in the time line with speed 1 as usual PVs The Configuration Tool 2 5 3 The Group ControlPanel To the CLIPSTER workstation you can connect additional control pan els for example a color correction panel or an edit bay style transport panel These can then be configured and set up with the group Con tro Panel The control panels are an optionally available feature of CLIP STER Depending on the overall configuration of your video workstation this feature may not be provided Furthermore this group is valid for the CLIPSTER software in general and is therefore available on the tab Defaults only Configuration Project Defaults Group ControlPanel Bin Capture Tool ControlPanel Drag n Drop External Se SD Au TCP IP Timecode Timeline Vtr Figure 2 5 The settings item of the group Contro Panel From the available combo box select the control panel that is connected to your system Afterwards the settings pane will alter its appearance and the settings items for the selected control panel will be displayed In case y
119. of the high quality hardware developed by DVS Additionally up to 16 different channels of audio can be in or output by CLIPSTER and the data can be accessed and processed in the software as easily as the video material All film video and audio data are stored in the Windows file system and thus accessible right away when working with other ap plications For the configuration and setup of the CLIPSTER video system and the software CLIPSTER provides the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool Here you can set up for example the period for the automatic save function of the project file autosave as well as more software specific settings such as the bin properties Additionally various behaviors of the soft ware can be specified for example what CLIPSTER should do during a drag and drop procedure Furthermore when working with the CLIPSTER software it is for most tasks necessary to configure and set the video format for example to perform either an in or output of video signals correctly In addition it may be necessary to alter the properties of clips when using them in the CLIPSTER software Because CLIPSTER was designed to be the ultimate solution when working with video and audio in the high end market CLIPSTER can be seamlessly integrated into existing workflows when working with other applications and systems is required However to work with par 1 1 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs 1 2 ticular applicati
120. ons and systems properly CLIPSTER sometimes has to be configured in a certain way All these configurations and possible setups will be addressed in this user guide PVs Introduction 1 1 Overview This user guide informs you about the general handling of the CLIP STER Configuration Tool as well as about various other configurations either possible or necessary for the CLIPSTER video system The chapters in this user guide contain the following information Chapter 1 Begins with a short introduction to CLIPSTER and its configurations followed by a note re garding the audience this manual is written for and an explanation of the conventions used in this manual Chapter 2 This chapter describes the CLIPSTER Configu ration Tool First an overview of the software module will be given followed by a description of its individual items Chapter 3 Setting the video format is for most works im portant and necessary for example for a record or a play out operation Besides descrip tions about the basic usage of the window to set the video format an overview of the win dow will be given followed by descriptions of each settings item in detail Chapter 4 While adding clips to the bin of the CLIPSTER software some of the clip s properties cannot be detected by CLIPSTER automatically and have to be set manually afterwards In this chapter the basic usage of the window to set the clip properties wi
121. or a CLIPSTER video system In such a case you will be supplied with a ref file that has to be installed in the CLIPSTER in stallation path How to do this is described in the CLIPSTER Tools and Services user guide accessible via the PDF files of the software s online help 3 3 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide DVS 3 1 Basics This section describes some basics regarding the video format settings After a description how to access them an overview of its window is provided This is followed by a description how to close and if applica ble confirm the video format settings 3 1 1 Accessing the Video Format Settings 3 4 The video format settings are available in almost every software module of CLIPSTER They determine the format for the in or outputs of CLIP STER However the different software modules of CLIPSTER for example the CLIPSTER Edit Tool or the CLIPSTER I O Tool also provide different items to access the video format settings Therefore for more detailed information on how to access the video format settings in each module please refer to their respective user guides PVs Video Format Settings 3 1 2 Overview After accessing the video format settings in one of the software mod ules of CLIPSTER either the following or a similar window will appear on the screen 4 Output settings timeline name e Timelinet SDI Mode Matti Head Full Internal video forma
122. ou have not purchased the control panel option the settings items will appear dimmed and be unavailable For a detailed description of the individual settings items please refer to the respective user guide of the control panel CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide DVS The combo box provides the following values Only one type of control panel can be connected to the CLIP L STER video system and thus configured with this group combo box Select from the combo box the type of control panel that is connected to your system None No additional control panel is con nected to the CLIPSTER video sys tem ControlPanel Configures the CLIPSTER Color Correction Panel and or the CLIP STER Transport Panel for the us age with CLIPSTER They can be used either in stand alone setups or in combination Control Configures the deluxe edition of PanelLX the CLIPSTER Color Correction and Transport Panel As a stan dard this panel is delivered full fledged with color correction configuration and transport se lection capability PVs The Configuration Tool 2 5 4 The Group Drag n Drop The group Drag n Drop deals with all possible drag and drop proce dures in the CLIPSTER software For example when adding clips to the bin with a drag and drop procedure from a file manager the CLIPSTER software is able to create folders in the bin automatically They will then imitate the directory structure present on the video ha
123. please re fer to section Pulldown on page 6 3 3 2 4 The Additional Configurations Directly below the items for the video format details you can find addi tional configuration settings to determine for example the autoscaling behavior of CLIPSTER Additionally there is a setting included that will configure the number of audio channels embedded in the video signal Startphase Aspect ratio 1 FFFFFFIS AIV output channels 16 Auto Scale Original Aspect Ratio x Figure 3 6 Settings for the additional configurations Here you can specify the way CLIPSTER performs scalings if the played out or recorded material does not match the selected video format as well as adjust the number of embedded audio channels in the video output In detail this area provides the following items Aspect ratio Via the entry field Aspect ratio you can change the aspect ratio of your image content Thus you can compress or stretch the image available in the video overlay This setting does not influence the video signal present at the in or output directly but is for convenience purposes only in order to display a clip with a distorted pixel ratio correctly in the overlay The aspect ratio value should be en tered as the value of the width x divided by the height y Notation Floating point of x y 3 15 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs AIV output channels Auto Scale Original Aspect Ratio Some external de
124. r If the clip does not provide a source timecode of its own you can set it to show a virtual source timecode with this set ting In this case the specified offset of the source timecode will be given back as its source timecode which is a setting of the clip s properties see section The Video Settings on page 4 8 If your project needs an offset to match for in stance with other projects enter the offset in standard timecode notation here The timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool for example will then provide this timecode offset 2 49 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs 2 50 Output LTC Output LTC raster Output VITC ec This setting is valid for an output of i video data as well as for a record for example when CLIPSTER is controlled in slave mode via RS 422 Furthermore this setting provides the same function as the TC Start setting of the video format settings window see section The Video Format De tails on page 3 10 When adjusting the Timecode offset setting the set ting in the video format window will be adjusted as well and vice versa Notation hh mm ss ff Example 01 34 05 22 Specifies whether the relative timeline timecode or the source timecode provided by the file should be output via the LTC connector The type of source timecode to be output can be se lected freely either via the Configuration Tool of CLIPSTER or the properties of clips in the bi
125. range greyscale Full grey Full Conversion of RGB Head Luma scale Head to greyscale Full RGB RGB range greyscale Head grey Head Conversion of RGB Head Luma scale Head to greyscale Head PVs Configuration Explanations Table 6 2 Settings and results for an input record cont Source Video Format Storage Format f i Result Settings Input Settings Record Remarks Color Rance File Format Rance Color Rance SDI Mode 8 Saving Type 8 Mode 8 YUV YUV range RGB Full RGB Full Conversion of YUV Full Full to RGB Full YUV YUV range RGB Head RGB Head Conversion of YUV Full Full to RGB Head YUV YUV range YUV Full YUV Full No conversion 1 1 of Full original YUV YUV range YUV Head YUV Head Conversion of YUV Full Full to YUV Head YUV YUV range greyscale Full grey Full Conversion of YUV Full Luma scale Full to greyscale Full YUV YUV range greyscale Head grey Head Conversion of YUV Full Luma scale Full to greyscale Head 6 4 3 When Finalizing For a finalizing you have to mix the previously described settings of an output and an input in some way Here it is the material in the bin and thus available in the timeline as well as the storage settings of the fi nalizing that will influence the color space and color value range of the finalized clip First you have to consider the material that you want to finalize
126. rcent To change it either enter a new value or use the controls to the right of this field to step the value up or down Notation In percent Default value 20 This value indicates the distance from the action safety area line to the edge of the video overlay in percent To change it either enter a new value or use the controls to the right of this field to step the value up or down Notation In percent Default value 10 PVs The Configuration Tool 2 5 9 The Group Performance With the group Performance you can specify certain settings regard ing the general performance of the CLIPSTER video system Due to the fact that the performance monitor of the tool area of CLIPSTER is also concerned with the performance of the system in general this group also includes settings that configure this tool Further information about the performance monitor can be found in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool user guide amp Configuration Project Defaults En Figure 2 12 The settings items of the group Performance Here the following settings items can be found Enable Async I O CLIPSTER is able to process several different im age files simultaneously multi threaded I O mode and with this check box you can enable or disable the multi threaded I O mode If it is activated the multi threaded I O mode is en abled and CLIPSTER will process several differ ent files simultaneously during a real time operation If
127. rd disk array and the video and or audio clips will already be sorted into the respective folders This behavior and others can be configured with the Drag n Drop group of the Configuration Tool amp Configuration Project Defaults Drag n Drop Group Bin Capture Tool Alternate structure in Bin x entin timeline X Timeline Vtr Figure 2 6 The settings items of the group Drag n Drop In detail the group Drag n Drop provides the following settings items Alternate structure If a directory from a file manager is dragged to in Bin the contents area or to a folder in the folder area of the bin this setting will put the clip one bin folder up i e the last sub folder will be ignored during the creation of the folders in the bin and the clip will be sorted into its previous folder Example The clip Clip Clip_0000 bmp in the directory DVS Movies Clip will be sorted into the bin folder structure DVS Movies 2 19 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs 2 20 Create folders in Bin Add files recursively Horizontal alignment in timeline For this feature the check box Create i folders in Bin has to be activated When this item is activated folders are created automatically in the folder area of the bin during the drag and drop procedure of a clip directory to the bin The created folders will then imitate the directory structure present on the video hard disk array and the
128. reated carrying a default name i e NewVTR lt Date and Time of Detection gt and then standard val ues will be set and used for this device e Additional information and explanations about edit lag and preroll can be found in section VTR Settings on page 6 18 PVs The Configuration Tool The following settings items are available to manually administer the automatically created profiles Use always default When this check box is activated the CLIPSTER settings List box ADD DELETE AUTODETECTION Name ID String video system will always apply the profile De fault to all connected external devices None of the already known and entered profiles will be used and they will appear dimmed when this option is enabled Furthermore with this setting enabled an automatic detection of external de vices is turned off In the list box you can see a list of all already de fined and specified external devices Each entry in this box represents one device type Select from this list box one entry for instance to change its settings or to delete it The button ADD creates a new device profile with the default name New VTR It will be add ed to the list box above and the specification items below the buttons become available to set the necessary profile parameters With the button DELETE you can delete an al ready defined external device from the list box Simply select an entry from the l
129. ring will be indicated in the Edit Tool but a play out may not work properly due to drops images frames that could not be read and sent in time If it is set too low maybe unnecessary prerendering will be indicated by the CLIPSTER software Either enter the value in MB sec manually or use the controls to the right of the entry field to step the value up or down until it is set as desired This value is a system setting that A should not be altered Only if your vid eo hard disk array is full with data about 80 full and you observe drops it may be indicated to set it to a lower value In any other case please contact the DVS service department first Notation In megabytes per second Default value 410 MB sec This setting enables the automatic starting of the defragmentation tool together with the CLIPSTER software The defragmentation tool is a background process that performs real time optimized defragmentations on the video hard disk array during stand still times of the video system i e when no real time operations are performed When activated the defragmenta tion tool will automatically be started as soon as the CLIPSTER software starts z7 Further information about the defrag i mentation tool can be found in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool user guide The Configuration Tool Ignore disk size Last opened files When the amount of data on the video hard disk array exceeds a certain safety limit
130. rming B Figure 2 4 The settings item of the group Capture Tool The group Capture Tool provides the following settings item Ignore reel names To avoid conflicts due to identical source time for online codes during an online conforming DVS stores conforming in the source timecode files at a proprietary loca tion within their headers the reel tape names Then when performing an online conforming the names of the reels in the headers are com pared with the ones provided by the EDL In case they do not coincide the clip will not be created in the timeline With this setting you can ignore the reel names for the online conforming i e no comparison of the names will be performed This setting is espe cially useful for files that were not recorded by the CLIPSTER video system because then they will not provide the reel names in their headers 2 15 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs Recursive detec When performing an online conforming with tion for online clips that provide source timecodes CLIPSTER conforming usually conforms clips stored under the first two levels of directories only further subdirectories below the second level are disregarded By acti vating this setting all subfolders in the stated di rectory will be searched for clips and all found clips will be added to the bin of the CLIPSTER I O Tool Render speed During an autoconforming process it may be effects of EDL necessary t
131. ronization s s s 3 11 confirmation 2 5 2 7 3 7 4 4 multi device operation 5 6 VO TOO een ereeeee nen miter Cree ieee es 2 15 SYNC MASEL cseeseeeeseeesseneeees 5 6 load from file ccccccccccccecceceee 2 10 sync slave is scccnd cant cetivsecesvarcesdnetes 5 7 SAVE a 2 7 2 12 3 7 4 4 synchronizing with timeline 2 33 save to file a c 2 9 System base video directory 2 25 2 28 transfer to project s s s 2 10 6 2 settings confirmation bin clip properties cc 4 4 T Configuration Tool 2 5 2 7 video format settings 3 7 tabs ccivestcdecsseeekid uae eceaeesdeews 2 2 2 6 settings pane ccce 2 7 Defalis riarann rE 2 2 al 0 ee pene ene T 2 42 Project ae reer arene rere ee 2 2 multi device operation 5 3 target group cAsesesp2icieeeticcseclidgeeeds 1 4 Short timecode seesseesssssnnerennnn 2 47 TC Drop frame ccc 3 14 Show safety area Cross s 2 34 TG HIPS sactesssnisiniorsensenasasnayaeenianons 3 14 Show safety areas en 2 34 TC N eeeereen eee rere ee ern errr eT 3 18 1 5 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide TC Start woos cease eee 3 13 TC TYPE aen cacbact veteadhdeasdves sete 3 12 WG Delay cscietreesccavecdesstacslnaeyscsdssae 2 57 TEP POM ctecicnevcsesntacaicaceessedetesalese 2 45 Pandora cnc 2 45 text information in text information view 2 14 in thumbnail view cecce 2 14 Text values ccce 2 14 thumbnail nccc 2
132. rossover of the pins is realized by the RS 422 adapter In case you want to use a different cable without the crossover adapter you have to connect each pin 2 of the plugs with the respective pins 8 of the oth er plug and each pin 3 with the respective pins 7 9 pin DSub 9 pin DSub male rear view male rear view Figure 5 3 Crossover connections A pin out of the AUX 1 connector can be found in the CLIP STER hardware guide 5 9 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide DVS 5 3 Mixer Function for Color Graders DVS video systems allow you to facilitate your work when using certain third party color graders such as a Pogle color grading system by Pan dora With the optionally available mixer feature of CLIPSTER you can ascertain whether a grading has been performed accurately by switch ing the output signal showing the material present on the hard disk ar ray of CLIPSTER between the incoming video signal The mixer function of CLIPSTER is an optionally available fea Li ture Depending on the ordered options for your CLIPSTER vid eo system it may not provide the mixer functionality for color graders S The following lists shortly what to observe to use the mixer function of the DVS video system The connection between the color grader and the DVS video sys tem must be set up via RS 422 i e connect the remote control out put of the grader to the auxiliary remote control port of the DVS hardw
133. rr ereretr 6 6 6 13 YUV Matrix ecce 4 11 YUV rAaNge cicscacscetees tu diirisariniorini 3 10 PVs Z Zoom on cursor l 7 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide l 8
134. rward Increases the speed of the timeline cursor by 0 1 DisplayJogPause Pauses a jog operation DisplayJogReverse Decreases the speed of the timeline cur sor by 0 1 0 1 DisplayShuttleFor ward Starts a shuttle operation forward speed 1 if you enter the command dur ing any kind of timeline cursor move ment the speed will be increased by 1 DisplayShuttle Pauses a shuttle operation Pause DisplayShuttleRe _ Decreases the speed of the timeline cur verse sor by 1 1 Other Applications and Systems Command Explanation DisplayStop Stops the play out DisplayToggleBack Switches between a reverse play out ward speed 1 and stop DisplayToggleFor Switches between a normal play out ward speed 1 and stop EDLExport Opens the window to generate an EDL of the current timeline content Exit Cuts the network connection to CLIP STER ExportDefaults Opens the dialog window to export the currently set default configurations via the Configuration Tool of CLIPSTER to a file Finalize Opens the Finalize window to finalize and render the currently active project GenerateClip Adds the specified clip to the contents lt path gt lt filename gt area of the bin GenerateProxies Creates proxies of all clips in the bin that exceed the real time capability of CLIP STER GetInputRaster Returns the active input raster the time lt
135. s via the CLIPSTER I O Tool the software will write far more timecode informa tion into the file header than usually supported by other applications When processing these clips with the CLIPSTER software again you can select between the different timecodes provided by a clip This setting determines the source timecode infor mation the respective clip will use when added to the timeline CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs Source offset s Currently only the dpx file format is i checked for and provided with source timecode information Global default This is the recommended set ting for the clip s source time code Then all clips with this setting will use the source timecode information that is set via the CLIPSTER Configu ration Tool see Default source TC in section The Group Timecode on page 2 46 e For a description of the other possible set i tings please refer to the description of the setting Default source TC in section tr The Group Timecode on page 2 46 If a clip needs an offset for the source timecode to match for instance with other clips already added to the timeline you have the possibility at hand to define an offset for each clip individually with this setting The source timecode of the clip in the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool will then provide this timecode offset For this activate the check box to the right of the setting Source time
136. s you can specify your video format selection further For this the window to set the video format provides several combo boxes and entry fields where you can set for example the synchronization or time code details The additional configurations allow for a scaling and resizing of the outgoing video signal These settings are concerned with the original video format of the clips to be played out The final output of the clips must be seen in relation to the selected video format in the video formats settings area Additionally there is a setting in cluded that will configure the number of audio channels embedded in the video signal With these settings you can for example alter the size of the video and audio tracks as they are present in the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool or you can configure the analog audio out puts of CLIPSTER Because these settings items are exclusively concerned with the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool they are in detail ex plained in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool user guide section The Video Format Settings in Detail on page 3 8 i The individual items of each settings area will be explained in S The items not included in the video format window for an out put i e the items that are only available when configuring an input are explained separately in section Special Items when Configuring the Input Format on page 3 17 PVs Video Format Settings 3 1 3 Closing the Video Form
137. set the time interval for an automatic backup of your work s progress Either enter the value in minutes manually or use the controls to the right of the entry field to step the value up or down until it is set as desired A value of zero 0 deactivates the au i tosave function When you start a new project file the autosave function is disabled due to a missing file name for the project To enable autosave you have to save the project file first and thus assign a name to it Notation In minutes file extension cp autosave With this item activated you will receive a warn ing when a clip is added to the bin that is not lo cated within the System base video directory see below Furthermore a warning icon will be superimposed on the thumbnail of the respective clip to indicate that it may not be real time capable If this function is deactivated you will receive neither warning nor any indica tion by the thumbnail of the clip Further information about the real li time capability and the warning mark ings of clips in the bin can be found in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool user guide CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs 2 26 Prerender at Start defragmenta tion tool Indicates the data rate at which the CLIPSTER Edit Tool will mark a timeline element for pre rendering in the timeline It will be marked when this value is exceeded If this setting is set too high no prerende
138. t details additional configurations timeline options o Track Size sing Cropping Small e z T 3D LUT Small 37 16 S bing Monitoring Cancel Apply Figure 3 2 Window to set the video format settings In this window you have to set the video format according to your needs For example if you want to view the material in the timeline with an externally connected monitor you have to configure the output format of CLIPSTER to the setting of the monitor or when you want to record video material the set video format has to match the incom ing signal i e it must be configured to the same format and raster as the incoming signal In detail the window to set the video format contains the following items timeline name To assign a timeline name to a timeline is neces sary when you want to control CLIPSTER via a network see section Using CLIPSTER in a Net work on page 5 11 3 5 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs 3 6 video formats video format details additional configurations timeline options On the left side of the video format settings window you can find buttons and a list box to select one of the various video formats that the CLIPSTER video system provides With the but tons choose one of the video format types that you would like to have displayed in the list box Then select in the list box the desired video for mat from the predefined ones With the video format detail
139. tal black to 255 full white Together with RGB the latter color range is mainly used when working on the computer side with editing applications i More general information about color spaces color conver sions and color value ranges can be found in section Color Space Conversions and Scalings on page 6 5 More detailed information about the color space and color value range set tings as well as how they will affect the final result when pro cessing video data can be found in section Setting Color Space Conversions and Scalings on page 6 10 Sync in H input delay Use this combo box to set the synchronization source for CLIPSTER Usually CLIPSTER runs in a non genlock mode i e an internal synchronization is performed Internal To set CLIPSTER into an analog genlock mode connect a signal to the sync inputs of CLIPSTER and select an appropriate sync source here e g Bilevel or Trilevel Ifa synchronization should be performed via the signal received on the SDI inputs select the setting Dig ital This setting adjusts the horizontal phase of the sync output signal relative to the input sync signal The output signals H and V sync as well as video will be altered accordingly i e the time base of the output signals will be generally altered To change it either enter a new value or use the controls to the right of this field to step the value up or down Notation For video formats sorted under the SD
140. te folders in Bin aeee 2 20 crossover cable u i 5 4 5 5 5 9 cursor scrub bar ssec 2 23 2 33 timeline 2 23 2 29 2 33 2 39 D Default input raster ccecce 2 52 Default raster sirssiiiiioiissririin 2 53 default settings ced ce secscseteebssesincscdats 2 2 Default source TC sis drgcvenceectasesczeess 2 48 Defaults tab aeee 2 2 defragmentation tool 006 2 26 Depth seit cere seanteeateerialectiuiecstGtederntis 4 9 Destructive export sodicesccccidacdevess 2 23 device profile eeren 2 58 Device type ID seccsiisehdecetncancestese 2 57 Digital FUSION eccccecccceen 5 2 initial system preparation 5 2 directory path n 4 5 6 2 Display nenena ann nae 2 46 Display Ype crnrismroiroiniioiias 2 47 Dominance ceee 4 10 drag and drop procedure 2 19 6 10 search through subfolders 2 20 Draw color ceecee 2 34 driver CONNEC oirrsa sirisenriigaiak 5 2 drop report ssssssssnissiiieeeesssresenn 2 37 drop frame timecode n se 3 14 IPO a e S eseeecasteteeet 2 26 E edit laf coesistere 2 55 2 58 6 19 PVs Index BOGE e eae 2 60 JD ree ee ee 2 15 embedded audio ceeeeee 2 60 3 16 I O mode Enable Async I O eseecescceceseeeeeees 2 35 multi threaded sse 2 35 Enable Performance Monitor 2 36 single threaded e E 2 35 Enable Scrollable History E 2 36 ID ana a e OAE 2 58 Enable tooltips s sesisseeeereee 2 52 of CLIPSTER onns 2 57 exiting e diy sapere
141. tes the name of the clip as it will occur for example in the clip s representation in the timeline Usually it is the file name of the video files without the frame counter and the file exten sion You can change it to any name you want Notation Characters and numbers string Example Hollywood_01 Due to some limitations of the internal i notation the following characters in a clip name will be replaced automatically by by lt by and gt by Path This setting indicates the directory path to the vid eo or audio material on the video hard disk array It can be entered either relative i e as a path that will be located within the System base video direc tory see section The Group General on page 2 24 or absolute Either type in the path in the respective entry field or click on the button to the right H to select a path directly via the opening dialog window 4 5 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs 4 6 Filename s Start index Notation and See section Notes on Directory Example Paths on page 6 2 Changing this setting may lead to an in valid clip This setting indicates the file name s of the video or audio material Either type in the file name in the entry field or click on the button to the right B to select a file directly via the opening dialog win dow While audio files are shown with their exact file name video file names are entered in C notation
142. th their tabs The two tabs comprise the following tab Project The tab Project includes settings that will be used for the currently active project only These settings will be stored together with a project in its project file and are therefore only temporarily available as long as this particular project is not closed Each time the project is opened in the CLIPSTER software the settings for the tab Project will be loaded and activated again for this project tab Defaults The tab Defaults contains settings that will be used iJ for each new project as well as for a general setup of the CLIPSTER software Because the default settings include configurations concerned with the CLIPSTER software in general as well it provides comparatively more settings than the project related ones Use the default settings in case you want to change the CLIP STER software settings or the default values for each initialized new project They will be stored automati cally when the main software is shut down The default configuration settings can be saved and loaded again whenever necessary Additionally when the default set tings differ from the project related ones you can transfer them to the tab Project to make them valid for your currently opened project The saving and loading of the default values as well as a transfer of them are explained in section Using Pre defined Settings on page 2 9 Because all settings of the tab Project
143. the material on the hard disk array source S Greyscale clips although true monochrome will be recognized by the CLIPSTER software e g after they were added to the bin as RGB clips However you can still work with those clips as usual and perform all tasks with them Table 6 3 Settings and results for a finalizing Source Bin Clip Storage Format See Result Properties Settings Finalizing Remarks Color Renee File Format Rance Color Renee Mode 8 Saving Type 8 Mode 8 RGB Full RGB Full RGB Full No conversion 1 1 of original RGB Full RGB Head RGB Head Conversion of RGB Full to RGB Head RGB Full YUV Full YUV Full Conversion of RGB Full to YUV Full RGB Full YUV Head YUV Head Conversion of RGB Full to YUV Head RGB Full greyscale Full greyscale Full Conversion of RGB Full Luma to greyscale Full RGB Full greyscale Head greyscale Head Conversion of RGB Full Luma to greyscale Head PVs Configuration Explanations Table 6 3 Settings and results for a finalizing cont Source Bin Clip Storage Format Result Properties Settings Finalizing Remarks Color R File Format Race Color Rance Mode 8 Saving Type 8 Mode 8 YUV Head RGB Full RGB Full Conversion of YUV Head to RGB Full YUV Head RGB Head RGB H
144. ti device operation mode The following set tings are available None The multi device operation mode is disabled Master The CLIPSTER software and video system will act as the master during the multi device operation For this CLIPSTER has to be controlled by an RS 422 control panel Slave The CLIPSTER software and video system act as a slave in the multi device operation and follow the commands of the master device 7n To bring the selected multi device opera i tion mode into effect each CLIPSTER sys tem master as well as slaves has to be in its slave mode i e the SLAVE MODE but tons of the software have to be activated The slaves will be controlled by the master while the master has to be controlled by an RS 422 control panel The Configuration Tool Mixer Function for Color Graders The CLIPSTER video system allows you to facilitate your work when us ing certain third party color graders Then you can switch the output signal between the incoming video signal and the material present on the hard disk array of CLIPSTER 7 The mixer function of CLIPSTER is an optionally available fea i ture Depending on the ordered options for your CLIPSTER vid eo system it may not provide the mixer functionality for color graders Further information about the mixer function and its setup can be found in section Mixer Function for Color Graders on page 5 10 The following settings item is con
145. timeline name gt line name has to be stated as entered in the video format settings window to con figure the output see section Timeline Name on page 3 8 GetInputRasters lt timeline name gt Returns all possible input rasters the timeline name has to be stated as entered in the video format settings window to configure the output see section Time line Name on page 3 8 GetRaster lt time line name gt Returns the active output raster the time line name has to be stated as entered in the video format settings window to con figure the output see section Timeline Name on page 3 8 GetRasters lt time line name gt Returns all possible output rasters the timeline name has to be stated as entered in the video format settings window to configure the output see section Time line Name on page 3 8 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs Command Explanation GetTimelines Returns a list of all currently active time line names Goto lt timecode gt Moves the timeline cursor to the position entered in timecode format GotoEnd Moves the timeline cursor to the end of the timeline GotoInpoint Moves the timeline cursor to the set in point of the timeline GotoOutpoint Moves the timeline cursor to the set out point of the timeline GotoStart Moves the timeline cursor to the begin ning of the timeline Help Displays
146. tively from the standard SD aspect ratio i e 4 3 1 Notation Floating point Example 1 66666667 2 41 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs NTSC Japan Output Format Video Raster SDTV Full 2 42 The NTSC video format for Japan differs slightly from the one used in the USA It provides a small voltage offset for the black level sometimes called setup or pedestal Usually SD moni tors react indifferent to this offset but some may be sensitive to it Then you can switch on or off the offset with this check box This setting changes the appearance of the giv en out SD signal Its output depends to a large extend on the selected video output format HD SD NTSC PAL In order not to conceal any im age details by superimposing ad ditional information e g timecode over the images at the SD output the images are dis played in the upper part of the screen allowing for sufficient space below them to display the additional information With this setting the image gets centered at the SD output and black bars are added to the video output showing it in a letterbox format When a video output format is selected other than an SD for mat the output can be displayed anamorphic with this setting This combo box switches the SD output be tween a PAL and NTSC video signal When the video output format is set to an SD video format the images displayed at the auxil iary SD output are much
147. to the timeline Uses the source timecode infor mation written to the correct location in the file header that is especially reserved for that kind of meta data i e the standard source timecode that will be provided by the file Uses the longitudinal time and control code written to a DVS proprietary location within the file s header Uses the vertical interval time and control code written to a DVS proprietary location within the file s header Uses the VITC of the odd field that was written to a DVS pro prietary location within the file s header This setting may be useful when processing in terlaced material Generic LTC VITC VITC2 The Configuration Tool Timecode offset DLTC DVITC DVITC2 VTRTC Virtual Uses the digital LTC written to a DVS proprietary location within the file s header This data is usually transmitted via ANC Uses the digital VITC written to a DVS proprietary location within the file s header This data is usually transmitted via ANC Uses the digital VITC of the odd field that was written to a DVS proprietary location within the file s header This data is usually transmitted via ANC and may be useful when processing in terlaced material Uses the timecode that was sent through the remote con nection of an external player such as a VTR This data is usu ally transmitted via RS 422 and written to a DVS proprietary lo cation within the file s heade
148. ts anew from the beginning of the timeline when the timeline s in and outpoint are set it will occur between the in and outpoint Path for proxy data When working with proxies the down scaled material of the high resolution clip will be stored in this location It will be saved project specific in a project file Therefore it is possible to save the proxy data in a different path for each project 2 38 The Configuration Tool Review duration Path for temporary data The path can be entered either relative i e a path that will be located within the System base video directory or absolute see section Notes on Directory Paths on page 6 2 Either type in the path in the respective entry field or click on the button to the right I to select a path directly via the opening dialog window mzn In order to identify the proxies easily i that belong to one project it is strongly recommended to use a project based saving of your proxy data i e adjust this path for each project anew if you are working with proxies Notation and See section Notes on Directory Example Paths on page 6 2 Default value V proxies The CLIPSTER Edit Tool provides a review func tion that plays around the current position of the timeline cursor in a loop for example to evaluate the effect of operators With this item you can set the total duration that this review should provide To change it either enter a new val
149. ttings with the OK button to assign the flag s to the respective clip In the bin you can then for instance sort the clips by flags to identify the tagged ones easily and perform further administrative work with them 4 2 3 The Video Settings If the properties you are working on belong to a video clip the items in the area Video will be available With them you can change the video related settings of the clip s representation in CLIPSTER such as its as pect ratio or field mode 4 8 Bin Clip Properties Video Width gt Height Depth 8 bits Alpha depth Aspect ratio 17 78 Pixel ratio Frame rate Field mode iterlace Dominance Even Colormode YUY Sampling 422 YUY matrix SMPTE 274 Range Head Source timecode Global default Source offset 00 00 00 00 Figure 4 4 Video related settings for a clip In detail this area provides the following settings Width This entry field states the width of the video imag es x axis in pixels To see the effect of a change of this setting in the video overlay or at the video output the autoscaling feature either with or with out original aspect ratio has to be activated via the video format settings see section The Additional Configurations on page 3 15 Notation In pixels Example 2048 Height This entry field states the height of the video imag es y axis in pixels To see the effect of a change of this setting in the video overlay or at the video
150. ttings regarding the bin of the CLIPSTER software The bin is the library and clip management tool of the CLIPSTER soft ware With it you can sort clips into different folders and preview them via thumbnails Furthermore various text information are available for the clips in the bin to provide an overview of selectable clip properties at a glance Configuration E3 Project Defaults Group Bin Image values Thumbnail setsinpoint x Text values Data rate Dominance Thumbnail height 0 pixel v Thumbnail width 160pixel amp Figure 2 3 The settings items of the group Bin 2 13 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs In detail the group Bin provides the following settings items Image values Thumbnail sets in point Text values Thumbnail height Thumbnail width In the list box Image values select the text in formation that should be displayed to the right of the clips thumbnails in the contents area of the bin The selected text information will be available in the thumbnail view of the bin only Additionally these values will also be used for the thumbnails shown by the Content Browser of the CLIPSTER software By adjusting a thumbnail s scrub bar cursor of a clip in the bin you can select a starting point in point for the clip for example when it is dragged to the timeline Then the CLIPSTER software may use the selected starting point as the inpoint of the clip in the tim
151. tudinal time and control code as the stan dard source timecode VITC Uses and writes the vertical interval time and control code as the stan dard source timecode VITC2 Uses and writes the VITC of the odd field as the standard source time code when processing interlaced material DLTC Uses and writes the digital LTC as the standard source timecode This data is usually transmitted via ANC DVITC Uses and writes the digital VITC as the standard source timecode This data is usually transmitted via ANC i Currently only the dpx file format sup Video Format Settings DVITC2 Uses and writes the digital VITC of the odd field as the standard source timecode when processing inter laced material This data is usually transmitted via ANC VERTC Uses and writes the timecode pro vided by the connected external player such as a VTR as the stan dard source timecode This data is usually transmitted via RS 422 Some digital cameras send their video data with higher frame rates for example 50 or 60 Hz But to have the recorded video material immediately in a proper frame rate for such a device as CLIPSTER you can set up at the camera the frames that the device connected to the camera has to capture Then during a capturing with such a camera and for example the CLIPSTER I O Tool these frames will be tagged by the camera and when the Vari frame check box is enabled only those will be re corded by CLIPSTER This
152. u have to determine besides the file format the saving type if several ones are provided by the file format and the re spective color value range Some file formats are capable of storing different color spaces li while others can store one only The color space that the clip will be saved in can be selected via the saving type setting A list of most file formats their saving types as well as the color space s that they will store the clip in can be found in the CLIPSTER I O Tool user guide Once everything is set and the record operation is initiated the color space scalings are applied accordingly If for example the signal present at the input of CLIPSTER is YUV with a color space of the re stricted value range and an RGB file format saving type is selected for the storage with a full color space range the restricted value range will be scaled up to the full value range according to the matrix selected in the video input settings If for the clip to be saved the restricted value range were selected the color space range of the incoming signal would be preserved but color converted Regarding the color space conversions and scalings during input the following possibilities exist Currently a conversion of RGB to YUV is not supported for an i input record of video material When adding or recording a greyscale clip it will be recognized by the CLIPSTER software e g in its clip properties as RGB al t
153. ue in seconds or use the controls to the right of this field to step the value up or down Notation In seconds When a prerendering of timeline elements is needed the temporary data necessary for these elements i e the prerendered images will be stored in this location The setting will be saved project specific in a project file Therefore it is possible to save the temporary data in a differ ent path for each project The path can be entered either relative i e a path that will be located within the System base video directory or absolute see section Notes on Directory Paths on page 6 2 Either type in the path in the respective entry field or click on the button to the right I to select a path directly via the opening dialog window CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs 2 40 Path for temporary operator data 7 In order to identify the prerendered i files easily that belong to one project it is strongly recommended to use a project based saving of your temporary data i e adjust this path for each project anew if your project depends on prerendered files N y Notation and See section Notes on Directory Example Paths on page 6 2 Default value V tmp In this directory path all temporary files that the CLIPSTER program needs in general will be stored For example it will be used to store files necessary for CLIPSTER to make certain opera tors transitions real time
154. uration of the wave form s section displayed here can be configured freely with this setting 2 53 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs zn The waveform display is not visible i when performing a play out of the au dio bin clip Logarithmic wave This check box enables or disables the logarith form mic display of audio waveforms in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool When it is enabled low and quiet parts of the audio clip will be displayed more distinctly by the waveforms i e the waveforms show higher peaks although the audio is faint If itis disabled the waveforms are displayed in their linear view 2 54 The Configuration Tool 2 5 15 The Group VTR The group VTR deals with settings related to a video tape recorder VTR or other devices connected via RS 422 With CLIPSTER you can control such devices by remote for example as a play out source while recording with the CLIPSTER I O Tool Via the VTR settings you can determine for each detected device type separately what edit lag and preroll time the CLIPSTER software should observe These param eters will then be used during an RS 422 operation for this device Fur thermore with this group you can set up the CLIPSTER system for a multi device operation enable the mixer function for color graders or adjust the given back timecode when CLIPSTER is in its slave mode This group is valid for the CLIPSTER software in general and is therefore avail
155. uration Tool Still the i settings of the tab Defaults will only be saved when the whole CLIPSTER software is closed while the settings of the tab Project are saved together with the currently active project in a project file Furthermore you have the possibility at hand to export the default configuration settings and load them again at a later time see section Using Predefined Settings on page 2 9 for further details With the button for the predefined settings you can se lect already determined configurations When the tab Project is activated the button will be labeled with DEFAULTS Then you can transfer the configurations set on the tab Defaults to the Project tab When the tab Defaults is activated the button will show RESET A click on this button then resets all default values back to the installation settings of the CLIPSTER software Further information about how to use the button s and the predefined settings can be found in section Using Predefined Settings on page 2 9 2 7 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide DVS 2 8 button area The buttons in the button area are used to confirm or cancel your alterations of the settings Because they are also used to close the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool a detailed description of them can be found in section Exiting the Software Module on page 2 5 PVs The Configuration Tool 2 4 Using Predefined Settings Different tasks
156. vice operation mode and via a network from another workstation CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide DVS 5 1 CLIPSTER and Digital Fusion The company eyeon integrated CLIPSTER in its workflow of Digital Fu sion i e Digital Fusion can access the DVS video board driver and transfer video material via the hardware of CLIPSTER You can use Dig ital Fusion at every stage of your work easily and you only have to dis connect the driver of the DVS video board when using the CLIPSTER software at the same time as Digital Fusion However before using Dig ital Fusion together with the CLIPSTER hardware you have to perform an easy system preparation task first 5 1 1 System Preparation to Use Digital Fusion Before using Digital Fusion with the CLIPSTER hardware you have to perform a system preparation task first One system file of CLIPSTER has to be copied to another location For this perform the following e Open a standard file manager e g the Windows Explorer and access the program installation folder of the DVS software installa tion path usually C program files DVS e In the folder Clipster select the file dvsoemx d11 and copy it to the installation path of Digital Fusion usually C program files digital fusion After that you can begin to work with Digital Fusion and the CLIPSTER software 5 1 2 Notes on Using Digital Fusion with CLIPSTER 5 2 This section provides some information what to observe when using D
157. vices have difficulties when han dling embedded audio that provides more than four audio channels In the video output settings the amount of audio channels that will be embed ded in the video signal audio in video AIV can be set Via the combo box select the number of audio channels that should be embedded in the video signal from the predefined values When performing record operations with i externally connected equipment con trolled via RS 422 you can more conve niently limit the AIV channels with a setting available in the device s profile see section CLIPSTER as Master on page 2 58 This setting allows for a scaling and resizing of your original material The original data on the hard disks of CLIPSTER must be seen in relation to the selected video format Then if the video material is greater than the selected video format the images will get cropped e g with video material in HD when an SD video format is selected or if it is smaller you will get letterboxes i e black borders around the images e g if the video material is in SD and as a video format an HD raster is selected With the check box Auto Scale activated the original material will be scaled up or down to its maximum allowable width and or height accord ing to the selected video format With this setting you can make sure that no information gets lost i e the images will not be cropped nor will they be to small for the selected vid
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159. y i e the drive letter together with all directories relative Notation directory subdirectory Example Movie Clip absolute Notation drive_letter directory subdirec tory Example V Video Movie Clip i Instead of the backslash you may also use a slash Usually if you add a clip from within the System base video directo ry to the CLIPSTER software it will be provided with a relative directory path automatically If a clip is added that comes from another location its path will be absolute You can also change the paths of clips in the bin via their properties manually as indicated in chapter Bin Clip Prop erties on page 4 1 The usage of absolute or relative paths is available in most parts of the CLIPSTER software where a path has to be entered for example while configuring settings with the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool or recording clips with the CLIPSTER I O Tool PVs Configuration Explanations 6 2 Pulldown You may need pulldown when working with film originated material The pulldown feature of CLIPSTER offers a film to video conversion It processes film data that is in 24 progressive frames sec film as 30 interlaced frames sec video This is achieved by splitting the film frames alternately into two and three video fields The pulldown feature of CLIPSTER may be accessible when you intend to in or output video material for example during your settings of the video format in the vid
160. y type combo box available in the timeline area of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool With this check box you can set whether the CLIPSTER Edit Tool should use an abbreviated timecode If enabled the software will show wherever appropriate a shorter timecode ver sion only consisting at least of frames and sec onds i e the minutes hours etc will be left out when zero 2 47 CLIPSTER Configurations User Guide PVs Default source TC Some file formats for clips are capable of storing 2 48 timecode information These source timecodes can then be used in the timeline of CLIPSTER However when recording clips via the CLIP STER I O Tool the software will write far more timecode information into the file header than usually supported by other applications When processing these clips with the CLIPSTER soft ware again you can select between the differ ent timecodes provided by a clip The source timecode that CLIPSTER should use by default for such a clip when its properties are set to Global default see chapter Bin Clip Prop erties on page 4 1 can be set with the combo box Default source TC Select from it the source timecode that the clips should provide When the source timecodes in the clips proper ties are set to Global default you can change the settings for all clips present in the CLIPSTER software in one step with the combo box Default source TC It can be changed even after they were added

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