Avid inews Command. User s Guide

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1 Avid inews Commad User s Guide

2 Legal Notices Product specificatios are subject to chage without otice ad do ot represet a commitmet o the part of Avid Techology, Ic. This product is subject to the terms ad coditios of a software licese agreemet provided with the software. The product may oly be used i accordace with the licese agreemet. This product may be protected by oe or more U.S. ad o-u.s patets. Details are available at This documet is protected uder copyright law. A authorized licesee of Avid inews Commad may reproduce this publicatio for the licesee s ow use i learig how to use the software. This documet may ot be reproduced or distributed, i whole or i part, for commercial purposes, such as sellig copies of this documet or providig support or educatioal services to others. This documet is supplied as a guide for Avid inews Commad. Reasoable care has bee take i preparig the iformatio it cotais. However, this documet may cotai omissios, techical iaccuracies, or typographical errors. Avid Techology, Ic. does ot accept resposibility of ay kid for customers losses due to the use of this documet. Product specificatios are subject to chage without otice. Copyright 2013 Avid Techology, Ic. ad its licesors. All rights reserved. The followig disclaimer is required by Apple Computer, Ic.: APPLE COMPUTER, INC. MAKES NO WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THIS PRODUCT, INCLUDING WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO ITS MERCHANTABILITY OR ITS FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES IS NOT PERMITTED BY SOME STATES. THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THIS WARRANTY PROVIDES YOU WITH SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS. THERE MAY BE OTHER RIGHTS THAT YOU MAY HAVE WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE. The followig disclaimer is required by Sam Leffler ad Silico Graphics, Ic. for the use of their TIFF library: Copyright Sam Leffler Copyright Silico Graphics, Ic. Permissio to use, copy, modify, distribute, ad sell this software [i.e., the TIFF library] ad its documetatio for ay purpose is hereby grated without fee, provided that (i) the above copyright otices ad this permissio otice appear i all copies of the software ad related documetatio, ad (ii) the ames of Sam Leffler ad Silico Graphics may ot be used i ay advertisig or publicity relatig to the software without the specific, prior writte permissio of Sam Leffler ad Silico Graphics. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS-IS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL SAM LEFFLER OR SILICON GRAPHICS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE, AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. The followig disclaimer is required by the Idepedet JPEG Group: This software is based i part o the work of the Idepedet JPEG Group. This Software may cotai compoets licesed uder the followig coditios: Copyright (c) 1989 The Regets of the Uiversity of Califoria. All rights reserved. Redistributio ad use i source ad biary forms are permitted provided that the above copyright otice ad this paragraph are duplicated i all such forms ad that ay documetatio, advertisig materials, ad other materials related to such distributio ad use ackowledge that the software was developed by the Uiversity of Califoria, Berkeley. The ame of the Uiversity may ot be used to edorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior writte permissio. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 by Jef Poskazer. Permissio to use, copy, modify, ad distribute this software ad its documetatio for ay purpose ad without fee is hereby grated, provided that the above copyright otice appear i all copies ad that both that copyright otice ad this permissio otice appear i supportig documetatio. This software is provided "as is" without express or implied warraty. 2

3 Copyright 1995, Triity College Computig Ceter. Writte by David Chappell. Permissio to use, copy, modify, ad distribute this software ad its documetatio for ay purpose ad without fee is hereby grated, provided that the above copyright otice appear i all copies ad that both that copyright otice ad this permissio otice appear i supportig documetatio. This software is provided "as is" without express or implied warraty. Copyright 1996 Daiel Dardailler. Permissio to use, copy, modify, distribute, ad sell this software for ay purpose is hereby grated without fee, provided that the above copyright otice appear i all copies ad that both that copyright otice ad this permissio otice appear i supportig documetatio, ad that the ame of Daiel Dardailler ot be used i advertisig or publicity pertaiig to distributio of the software without specific, writte prior permissio. Daiel Dardailler makes o represetatios about the suitability of this software for ay purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warraty. Modificatios Copyright 1999 Matt Koss, uder the same licese as above. Copyright (c) 1991 by AT&T. Permissio to use, copy, modify, ad distribute this software for ay purpose without fee is hereby grated, provided that this etire otice is icluded i all copies of ay software which is or icludes a copy or modificatio of this software ad i all copies of the supportig documetatio for such software. THIS SOFTWARE IS BEING PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY. IN PARTICULAR, NEITHER THE AUTHOR NOR AT&T MAKES ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND CONCERNING THE MERCHANTABILITY OF THIS SOFTWARE OR ITS FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. This product icludes software developed by the Uiversity of Califoria, Berkeley ad its cotributors. The followig disclaimer is required by Nexidia Ic.: 2010 Nexidia Ic. All rights reserved, worldwide. Nexidia ad the Nexidia logo are trademarks of Nexidia Ic. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owers. All Nexidia materials regardless of form, icludig without limitatio, software applicatios, documetatio ad ay other iformatio relatig to Nexidia Ic., ad its products ad services are the exclusive property of Nexidia Ic. or its licesors. The Nexidia products ad services described i these materials may be covered by Nexidia's Uited States patets: 7,231,351; 7,263,484; 7,313,521; 7,324,939; 7,406,415, 7,475,065; 7,487,086 ad/or other patets pedig ad may be maufactured uder licese from the Georgia Tech Research Corporatio USA. The followig disclaimer is required by Paradigm Matrix: Portios of this software licesed from Paradigm Matrix. The followig disclaimer is required by Ray Sauers Associates, Ic.: Istall-It is licesed from Ray Sauers Associates, Ic. Ed-User is prohibited from takig ay actio to derive a source code equivalet of Istall-It, icludig by reverse assembly or reverse compilatio, Ray Sauers Associates, Ic. shall i o evet be liable for ay damages resultig from reseller s failure to perform reseller s obligatio; or ay damages arisig from use or operatio of reseller s products or the software; or ay other damages, icludig but ot limited to, icidetal, direct, idirect, special or cosequetial Damages icludig lost profits, or damages resultig from loss of use or iability to use reseller s products or the software for ay reaso icludig copyright or patet ifrigemet, or lost data, eve if Ray Sauers Associates has bee advised, kew or should have kow of the possibility of such damages. The followig disclaimer is required by Videomedia, Ic.: Videomedia, Ic. makes o warraties whatsoever, either express or implied, regardig this product, icludig warraties with respect to its merchatability or its fitess for ay particular purpose. This software cotais V-LAN ver. 3.0 Commad Protocols which commuicate with V-LAN ver. 3.0 products developed by Videomedia, Ic. ad V-LAN ver. 3.0 compatible products developed by third parties uder licese from Videomedia, Ic. Use of this software will allow frame accurate editig cotrol of applicable videotape recorder decks, videodisc recorders/players ad the like. The followig disclaimer is required by Altura Software, Ic. for the use of its Mac2Wi software ad Sample Source Code: Altura Software, Ic. The followig disclaimer is required by Ultimatte Corporatio: Certai real-time compositig capabilities are provided uder a licese of such techology from Ultimatte Corporatio ad are subject to copyright protectio. 3

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7 Cotets Usig This Guide Symbols ad Covetios If You Need Help How to Order Documetatio Avid Traiig Services Chapter 1 Itroductio to inews Commad Overview Architecture ad Workflow Features Startig Commad at a Workstatio The User Iterface Paels Meu Bar Status Bar Support Dialog Box Chapter 2 Paels Workig with Paels Playlist Explorer Tabs Ivetory Customizig the Ivetory Pael Searchig for Items i Ivetory Deletig Items i Ivetory Protectig Items i Ivetory Editig Items i Ivetory Clock Playout Media Viewer Displayig Thumbails i Media Viewer

8 Editig Fulfillmet Data ad Time Codes i the Media Viewer Alerts Chapter 3 Playlist Viewer Types of Playlists Overview of Playlist Viewer Toolbars Hidig a Playlist s Playout or Chael Toolbar Chael Groups Buttos Customizig the Chael Toolbar for Tally Viewig Playlist Items by Compoet Graphic Trigger Cout Customizig the Playlist Viewer Customizig the Cursor Customizig Playlist Clocks Customizig Colums i Playlist Viewer Time of Day Colum Resizig the Playlist Viewer Displayig Thumbails i a Playlist Lockig ad Ulockig Playlists Workig with Chael Groups Lockig Chael Groups Assigig Chaels i Playlist Viewer Settig the Graphics Style for a Chael Group Settig Workstatio Alias Workig with Stadaloe Playlists Ivetory Versioig Workig with Embedded Playlists Editig Embedded Playlists Usig Time of Day Playlists Chapter 4 Shotbox Viewer Overview of the Shotbox Viewer Toolbars Cofigurig the Chael Toolbar

9 Customizig the Shotbox Viewer Customizig the Shotbox Behavior Customizig the Clocks Resizig the Shotbox Viewer Displayig Thumbails i a Shotbox Creatig a Shotbox Deletig a Shotbox Workig with Chael Groups i a Shotbox Lockig a Chael Group Replacig a Chael Group i a Shotbox Assigig Chaels i a Shotbox Piig Chaels Settig the Graphics Style for a Chael Group Chapter 5 inews Itegratio Overview Isertig Machie Cotrol Evets ito Stories Auto-assigig Media IDs Usig the Deko Select Plug-i Isertig Deko Select Evets ito inews Stories Editig Deko Select Evets ito inews Stories Creatig Multi-Triggered Graphics Loadig Rudows to Commad Loadig ad Uloadig Playlists from inews Duratio Moitor LOAD Moitor Off ad Uload Evet List Queue Composite Queue Item Status After Load to Commad Chagig Chaels Chapter 6 Workig with Stories Isertig New Stories Deletig Stories

10 Updatig Stories Editig a Item s Media ID Rearragig Stories Floatig & Ufloatig Stories Chapter 7 Commad Tablet Applicatio Coectio Basics The ipad Settig up Your First Coectio Viewig Commad Settigs Startig the Commad Tablet Applicatio The Sidebar ad View Area Lockig or Ulockig Shotbox Chael Groups Workig with Shotboxes i Tablet Applicatio Workig with Graphic Items Chapter 8 Playout Cotrol UI Cotrolled Playout Media from Commad Workstatio Resolvig a Mismatch Disablig the Keyboard at the Commad Workstatio Loopig ad Follow-o Playout USB Keypad Cotrolled Chael-Specific Actios GPI Cotrolled Togglig Betwee GPI ad UI Cotrol Appedix A Cotrol Room Quick Referece Failover Appedix B Ico ad Butto Quick Referece Playlist ad Shotbox Viewer Buttos Playlist Viewer Icos Shotbox Viewer Icos Chael Group Icos Ivetory Alerts

11 Playlist Explorer Appedix C Actio Quick Referece Actios

12 Usig This Guide Cogratulatios o your purchase of your Avid inews Commad system. Avid inews Commad offers a cosiderable amout of fuctioality for the state-of-the-art ewsroom, icludig ewsroom system itegratio ad playout cotrol. With Commad, ewsroom persoel ca easily create ad maage playlists. This publicatio provides iformatio o how to use the Commad system. The documetatio describes the stadard features of a basic system cofiguratio. Therefore, your system might cotai certai features ad hardware that are ot covered i the documetatio. Symbols ad Covetios Avid documetatio uses the followig symbols ad covetios: Symbol or Covetio Meaig or Actio c w A ote provides importat related iformatio, remiders, recommedatios, ad strog suggestios. A cautio meas that a specific actio you take could cause harm to your computer or cause you to lose data. A warig describes a actio that could cause you physical harm. Follow the guidelies i this documet or o the uit itself whe hadlig electrical equipmet. > This symbol idicates meu commads (ad subcommads) i the order you select them. For example, File > Import meas to ope the File meu ad the select the Import commad. This symbol idicates a sigle-step procedure. Multiple arrows i a list idicate that you perform oe of the actios listed. (Widows), (Widows oly), (Macitosh), or (Macitosh oly) This text idicates that the iformatio applies oly to the specified operatig system, either Widows or Macitosh OS X.

13 Symbol or Covetio Meaig or Actio Bold fot Italic fot Courier Bold fot Ctrl+key or mouse actio Bold fot is primarily used i task istructios to idetify user iterface items ad keyboard sequeces. Italic fot is used to emphasize certai words ad to idicate variables. Courier Bold fot idetifies text that you type. Press ad hold the first key while you press the last key or perform the mouse actio. For example, Commad+Optio+C or Ctrl+drag. If You Need Help 13 If you are havig trouble usig your Avid product: 1. Retry the actio, carefully followig the istructios give for that task i this guide. It is especially importat to check each step of your workflow. 2. Check the latest iformatio that might have become available after the documetatio was published: - If the latest iformatio for your Avid product is provided as prited release otes, they ship with your applicatio ad are also available olie. If the latest iformatio for your Avid product is provided as a ReadMe file, it is supplied o your Avid istallatio CD or DVD as a PDF documet (README_product.pdf) ad is also available olie. You should always check olie for the most up-to-date release otes or ReadMe because the olie versio is updated wheever ew iformatio becomes available. To view these olie versios, visit the Kowledge Base at 3. Check the documetatio that came with your Avid applicatio or your hardware for maiteace or hardware-related issues. 4. Visit the olie Kowledge Base at Olie services are available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Search this olie Kowledge Base to fid aswers, to view error messages, to access troubleshootig tips, to dowload updates, ad to read or joi olie message-board discussios. How to Order Documetatio To order additioal copies of this documetatio from withi the Uited States, call Avid Sales at AVID ( ). If you are placig a order from outside the Uited States, cotact your local Avid represetative.

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16 1 Itroductio to inews Commad Avid inews Commad is a device automatio system that itegrates with ay inews or MOS-eabled ewsroom computer system (NRCS) ad provides broadcasters precise cotrol over a rage of playout devices, icludig video servers, still stores, ad character geerators i a broadcast ews eviromet. Backup services ad mirrored playout make this system reliable while the user iterface allows you to cotrol multiple productio devices. Avid inews Commad works with Avid Service Framework applicatios ad services to esure you always have the best system performace. This chapter cotais the followig mai sectios: Overview - Architecture ad Workflow - Features Startig Commad at a Workstatio The User Iterface Support Dialog Box

17 Overview Overview The basic inews Commad system is comprised of inews Commad Servers, workstatios that ru the cliet software, ad devices, such as Avid AirSpeed video servers, Thuder productio servers ad Deko graphics system. The system is desiged to be a extesio of your curret Avid system. It allows you to receive playlists from Avid inews (or a MOS-based ewsroom computer system) while cotrollig your video ad graphics devices, or eve create stadaloe playlists usig drag-ad-drop fuctioality from a ivetory of media items. The inews Commad system supports idustry stadard protocols that make it compatible with may other products. For ewscast cotrol your inews Commad system provides automated playlists, tracks script chages, ad automates cotrol of productio ad playback devices icludig video servers, ad character geerators. It itegrates with the inews rudow or ay other MOS-eabled ewsroom computer system allowig a producer to chage a show while it is o air, ad reflectig those chages i their inews Commad system. MOS commads are provided so that jouralists ca use MOS plug-is withi the ewsroom computer system script. Productio playout devices, icludig Avid Deko ad Avid Thuder o-air graphics solutios ad AirSpeed video servers, are triggered based o the evets i the rudow. News graphic ad text templates for ews elemets ca iclude logos ad statio IDs, lower-third captios or superimposed graphics, ad full-scree backgrouds with text. Jouralists, usig inews ewsroom computer system, fill i the templates ad isert them ito their stories i a variety of ways. For istace, machie cotrol commads ca be etered usig Deko Select or Thuder Select plug-is. They ca be etered maually or by usig a macro. They might also iclude clips ad stills i their script by eterig the ID of the graphic i the story as a productio cue. At air time a inews Commad operator triggers the graphics playlist, which is sychroized with the inews rudow. 17

18 Overview Architecture ad Workflow Avid inews Commad is scalable ad ca adapt to work i traditioal ewsroom-based playlist creatio to productio-cetric workflows where ruig orders are created iside the inews Commad playback applicatio. All of the compoets ca ru o a sigle computer, or they ca be spread out across multiple computers with redudat services cofigured to take cotrol if the primary services should become uavailable. A example of a basic Commad system architecture is show i the followig illustratio: I the most commo ews workflow, playlists are created usig the inews ewsroom computer system ad the video ad graphic assets are refereced i stories usig their IDs or by draggig ad droppig them from a Active-X plugi, such as Deko Select. Playlists ca be saved to use later, stadaloe playlists ca be created, ad multiple playlists ca be embedded i a sigle ruig order. You ca set a playlist to playback at a specified time, or you ca set groups of assets withi a playlist to play i follow-o mode. 18

19 Overview A basic workflow is show i the followig illustratio. Features The Avid inews Commad system provides the features described i the followig table: Feature Playlist Fuctioality Maual ad Automated Triggerig Redudat Failover Advaced Playback Features Frame Accuracy Descriptio You ca load a playlist from the ewsroom computer system or create the playlist maually withi Avid inews Commad. You ca also embed withi other playlists. This provides the flexibility to cotrol evet playout locally, at the desktop, or from a rudow. It also allows seamless trasitios betwee shows or segmets produced by separate editorial teams. Items ca be played back maually by the operator, via keyboard, X-keys, or GPI. Items ca also be played automatically, usig the follow-o or loopig playout settig. Ad a playlist ca be set to start at a specified time of day. This provides total itegratio with the facility, its systems, processes, ad staff. Mirrored playback allows a sigle Play commad to iitiate playback o two chaels simultaeously for seamless failover. All Commad services are redudat. These features iclude: autocue, play while record, ad play while trasfer. Avid inews Commad provides frame accurate video playout for follow-o items assiged to the same chael. 19

20 Startig Commad at a Workstatio Feature (Cotiued) Flexible Device Cofiguratio Flexible Itegratio User Iterface Status Updates Descriptio (Cotiued) Actual device chaels ca be cofigured ito multiple virtual possibilities through chael groups. You ca cofigure the Avid inews Commad system to cotrol ay combiatio of supported video or graphics devices that are operatig i a Avid inews, ENPS, or other MOS eviromet. The ituitive user iterface provides visual tools, icludig clocks that show time elapsed ad time remaiig, chael assigmets for easy idetificatio of trasmissio paths, ad color-coded status idicators that illustrate the ivetory of assets based o availability ad playability o all devices. This improves operatio, reduces traiig time, ad esures complete sychroizatio of devices with the playlist The Commad user iterface reflects playability status of ivetory assets; display of playout ad chael group lock status; ad status-based colors ad fots for stories ad items at a glace. These status updates speed up decisio-makig savig time, while maitaiig accuracy. Startig Commad at a Workstatio Avid inews Commad cliet software requires o password to log i ad is easy to start. To start inews Commad at a workstatio: 1. Do oe of the followig: t Double click the inews Commad ico o the desktop. t Click the Start butto ad select Programs > Avid > Avid inews Commad. The inews Commad widow opes. 20

21 The User Iterface The User Iterface The Avid inews Commad widow is the graphical user iterface that cotais paels, a meu bar, a status bar, ad a workspace area. Paels Not pictured is the Shotbox Viewer, which opes i the same area as the Playlist Viewer. For more iformatio, see Shotbox Viewer o page 95. Also ot show are thumbails i the playlist. For more iformatio, see Displayig Thumbails i a Playlist o page 73. Paels are compoets that appear i the applicatio ad provide iformatio i various ways.the inews Commad widow cotais paels that you ca dock, udock, move, resize, or eve hide from view. Each pael is easily idetified by the ame appearig i its title bar. For more iformatio about the paels, icludig the Ivetory Explorer, used i inews Commad, see Paels o page 29. The workspace area cotais either the Shotbox Viewer pael, Playlist Viewer, or both simultaeously. For more o them, see Playlist Viewer o page 53 ad Shotbox Viewer o page

22 The User Iterface Meu Bar The meu bar for inews Commad cotais the followig: File Edit View Playlist Shotbox Media Tools Help Each meu, its optios ad descriptios are described i the followig tables: Meu Submeu Meu Optio Shortcut Keys Descriptio File New Playlist Ctrl+Shift+N Opes the Create New Playlist dialog box. Shotbox Ctrl+Alt+N Opes the Create New Shotbox dialog box. File Import Playlist Imports a playlist to Commad. Shotbox Imports a shotbox to Commad. Export Playlist Exports a playlist from Commad. Shotbox Exports a shotbox from Commad. Commad ca export a playlist i.csv format so that users ca keep track of their playlists i a Excel spreadsheet; however,.csv files caot be imported back ito Commad. Exported data icludes the ID, Title, Duratio, ad Chael, ad puts i a separate lie for Breaks. Exit Closes the Commad program. Edit Cut Ctrl+X Cut selectio. Copy Ctrl+C Copy selectio. Paste Ctrl+V Paste selectio. Delete Delete selectio. View Playlist Explorer Ctrl+Shift+E Displays or closes the Playlist Explorer. Ivetory Ctrl+Shift+I Displays or closes the Ivetory. 22

23 The User Iterface Meu Submeu Meu Optio Shortcut Keys Descriptio (Cotiued) Shotbox Clock Playout Displays or closes the Shotbox Viewer. Displays or closes the Clock. Displays or closes the Playout pael. Media Viewer Ctrl+Shift+M Displays or closes the Media Viewer. Alerts Ctrl+Shift+A Displays or closes the Alerts. Playlist View Next Ctrl+Tab Displays ext playlist Previous Ctrl+Shift+Tab Displays previous playlist Set Focus Ctrl+F Sets the keyboard focus to the active view. Close Ctrl+W Closes the curret playlist. Close All Ctrl+Shift+W Closes all playlists. Maximize Maximizes the Playlist Viewer. Playlist Select Next item Ctrl+Dow Select ext item i curret playlist. Previous Item Ctrl+Up Select previous item i curret playlist. Next Row Alt+Dow Select ext item i curret playlist. Previous Row Alt+Up Select previous item i curret playlist. Item I Followig Story Ctrl+Page Dow Select ext item after story. Playlist Edit Properties Opes Playlist Properties dialog box. Edit Selectio Ctrl+E Edit curret selectio i playlist. Edit Chael Ctrl+* (asterisk) Sets focus to curret playlist item s Chael colum so the user ca maually assig a chael. Edit Trigger Ctrl+/ (slash) Sets focus to curret playlist item s Trigger colum so the user ca select maual or follow-o playout. Edit Media ID Cut Copy Sets focus to the curret playlist item s ID colum so the user ca alter the ID. Cut selectio. Copy selectio. 23

24 The User Iterface Meu Submeu Meu Optio Shortcut Keys Descriptio (Cotiued) Paste Delete Paste selectio. Delete selectio. Playlist Show Ivetory Ctrl+I Opes the Ivetory pael. Playlist Isert New Story Ctrl+N Isert ew story. New Break New Item Isert ew break. Isert ew item. Playlist Chaels Assig Ctrl+R Assig chael. Lock All Ctrl+L Lock all chaels. Ulock All Alt+L Ulock all chaels. Add Existig... Add New... Add a existig chael group. Add a ew chael group. Playlist Playout Cue. (period) Cue Selectio. Additioal submeu optios iclude: Selectio Cue All Chaels (Shift+hyphe), Last Played (Ctrl+hyphe), ad Home, Select ad Cue All (Alt+Home). The last submeu optio moves the cursor to the first available item i the playlist ad cues all chaels. The Alt+Home keystroke combiatio works oly whe the Home key o the keyboard is used, ot the Home (7) key o the umerical keypad. Play Eter Play media. Pause + (plus) Pause media that is playig. Submeu optios iclude: Selectio ad Last Played. Stop 0 (zero) Stops media from playig. Submeu optios iclude: Selectio ad Last Played. Shotbox View Next Ctrl+Alt+Tab Displays ext shotbox Previous Displays previous shotbox Set Focus Ctrl+Alt+F Sets the keyboard focus to the active view. Maximize Maximizes the Shotbox Viewer pael. Close Ctrl+Alt+W Closes the curret shotbox. 24

25 The User Iterface Meu Submeu Meu Optio Shortcut Keys Descriptio (Cotiued) Close All Closes all shotboxes. Shotbox Edit Selectio Ctrl+Alt+E Edit curret selectio i shotbox. Edit Chael Upi Chael Cut Copy Paste Delete Ctrl+Alt+* (asterisk o umeric keypad) Alt+Shift+* (asterisk o umeric keypad) Sets focus to curret shotbox item s Chael list so the user ca maually assig a chael. This pis the chael to that item. Removes pied chael assigmet from all selected items i shotbox. Cut selectio. Copy selectio. Paste selectio. Delete selectio. Shotbox Show Ivetory Ctrl+Alt+I Opes the Ivetory pael. Shotbox Isert Item Alt+Shift+Isert Iserts a ew item i a shotbox. Shotbox Playout Cue Cue media. Submeu optios iclude: Selectio, Last played, or Items Play Pause Stop Play media. Submeu optios iclude: Selectio or Items Pause media that is playig. Submeu optios iclude: Selectio ad Last Played. Stops media from playig. Submeu optios iclude: Selectio ad Last Played. Media Play Ctrl+Space Play media. Go To Mark I Alt+Q Go to the marked I poit. Go To Mark Out Alt+W Go to marked Out poit. Set Mark I Alt+I Mark the I poit. Set Mark Out Alt+O Mark the Out poit. Forward Oe Frame Alt+. Move forward oe frame. 25

26 The User Iterface Meu Submeu Meu Optio Shortcut Keys Descriptio (Cotiued) Forward Oe Secod Forward te Secods Backward Oe Frame Backward Oe Secod Backward Te Secods Ctrl+. Ctrl+Alt+. Alt+, Ctrl+, Ctrl+Alt+, Move forward oe secod. Move forward te secods. Move backward oe frame. Move backward oe secod. Move backward te secods. Restart Alt+6 Restart media. Eject Alt+J Eject media. Tools Optios Opes the Optios dialog box. System Settigs Opes the System Settigs dialog box. These optios apply to the workstatio oly ad are ot system-wide settigs. Eable GPI playout Ctrl+G If selected, it eables the use of a GPI keypad for playout cotrol. Help Commad Help Displays help iformatio for users. Support About Opes the Support dialog box. Display iformatio about inews Commad. Status Bar The status bar provides status iformatio regardig chaels ad chael groups. It also shows a idicatio of GPI playout cotrol ad the ame of the system s alias. For more iformatio o the possible icos that appear o the status bar, see Chael Group Icos o page 182. Whether the status bar appears i the user iterface is customizable. 26

27 The User Iterface To show or hide the display of the status bar ad chaels: 1. Select Tools > Optios. If prompted for a password, you must provide it or cotact your system admiistrator. The Optios dialog box opes. 2. I Category, select Status Bar. 3. Do ay of the followig: t Select Show status bar to display the status bar i the Commad widow. t Deselect Show status bar to hide the status bar i the Commad widow. t Select Show chaels to display status of chaels o the status bar. t Deselect Show chaels to hide status of chaels o the status bar. 4. Click OK. 27

28 Support Dialog Box Support Dialog Box The Support dialog box is provided for Commad users to log iformatio about ay issues ecoutered that might require cotactig Avid. To log support iformatio: 1. Select Help > Support. 2. Eter a descriptio of the issue i the Support dialog box. The followig example shows a setece regardig a GPI device: 3. Click Save. 4. Select the ame ad locatio where you wat the zipped file to be saved. 5. Click OK. The system saves your commets iside a zipped file that also cotais other vital iformatio, such as system settigs ad software versios, which eable support persoel to troubleshoot the issue. This file ca the be ed to support persoel at Avid. 28

29 2 Paels The inews Commad iterface is made up of paels, which provide iformatio i various ways. This chapter cotais the followig mai sectios: Workig with Paels Playlist Explorer Ivetory Clock Playout Media Viewer Alerts

30 Workig with Paels Workig with Paels The inews Commad widow cotais umerous paels that a user ca dock, udock, move, resize, or eve hide from view i the mai widow. You ca also dock the Clock, Playout ad Shotbox paels above the Playlist. Whe there is more tha oe pael docked at the top, you ca switch betwee paels usig the tabs. The followig illustratio shows the Shotbox ad Clock paels overlappig: 30

31 Workig with Paels Paels ca be arraged so that they are tiled withi available scree space, or layered so that oly oe is visible ad the rest are accessible via tabs. A example of tiled paels is show i The User Iterface o page 21. The followig graphic shows layered paels as idicated by the tabs at the bottom with the Alerts pael o top. The layerig optio is helpful i coservig scree space. Paels ca be layered o either the left or right side of the mai widow. 31

32 Workig with Paels Each pael is easily idetified by its title bar that bears its ame. The available paels are: Playlist Explorer (show below) Ivetory Clock Shotbox Viewer (See Shotbox Viewer o page 95.) Media Viewer Alerts Paels are docked by default. To udock a pael, do oe of the followig: t Click the Restore butto located o the pael s title bar, ext to the X butto. t Double-click the pael s title bar. t Click o the pael s title bar ad drag it from its docked locatio. To redock a pael, do oe of the followig: t t t Click the Restore butto located o the pael s title bar, ext to the X butto. It will redock i its previously docked locatio. Double-click the pael s title bar. It will redock i its previously docked locatio. Click o the pael s title bar ad drag it to a alterative dockig locatio util the title bar touches the border of the area to which you wat it docked. 32

33 Playlist Explorer To layer paels: 1. Click the pael s title bar ad drag it to the top left (or right) corer of the widow. 2. Repeat the process with each pael. Commad will automatically layer the paels ad provide tabs at the bottom of the scree. A user ca the click ay tab to brig that pael to the top. If layered paels iclude the Alerts pael, the Commad system is desiged to automatically brig the Alerts pael to the top wheever a alert message is received. If this removes focus from the Playlist or Shotbox Viewers i which you are workig, you ca restore focus quickly by usig the followig keystroke combiatios. Ctrl+F sets focus back to the Playlist Viewer. Ctrl+Alt+F sets focus back to the Shotbox Viewer. To hide a pael: t Click the X butto o the title bar of the pael you wat to hide. To view a hidde pael: t Select View ad the the ame of the pael from the submeu. To resize a pael: 1. Positio your mouse poiter o the edge of a pael. The poiter will chage to a resize idicator. 2. Click ad drag to the ew size. Playlist Explorer The Playlist Explorer shows a list of: Newsroom playlists that have bee loaded to inews Commad from a inews ewsroom computer system MOS-based ewsroom playlists that are MOS active ad have bee marked ready-to-air from a MOS-eabled ewsroom computer system, such as ENPS Stadaloe playlists, icludig those set to air at a specified time of day Discoected ewsroom playlists Shotboxes The Playlist Explorer ca be cofigured to show MOS-based ewsroom playlists that are MOS active but have ot bee marked ready-to-air. By default, this feature is ot eabled. The procedure for turig it o is provided later i this sectio. 33

34 Playlist Explorer Depedig o what ewsroom system Commad itegrates with at your site, various icos will appear to the left of playlist ames. For istace, whe inews Commad has received all items ad/or stories i the rudow from a inews ewsroom computer system, the purple I ico will appear. Whe Commad is itegrated with a MOS-based ewsroom computer system, such as ENPS, the MOS ico appears either gray for a MOS Active playlist (whe optio is eabled) or black for oe that is both MOS Active ad ready-to-air. Whe a lightbulb appears, the playlist is o air. Double-clickig oe of the playlists (or shotboxes) will ope it with its stories, media, chaels, ad so forth i preparatio of lockig chael groups ad takig a show to air. The icos used i relatio to ewsroom playlists also appear i the Playlist Viewer s Playlist toolbar. For more iformatio about these icos ad others i Commad, see Ico ad Butto Quick Referece o page 177. The Playlist Explorer ca be cofigured to ope a playlist automatically whe it s loaded directly from inews or whe it s marked ready-to-air from a MOS-eabled ewsroom computer system. 34

35 Playlist Explorer To cofigure Playlist Explorer to automatically ope loaded or ready-to-air playlists: 1. Select Tools > Optios. If prompted for a password, you must provide it or cotact your system admiistrator. The Optios dialog box opes. 2. I Category, select Playlist Explorer. 3. Select Auto-ope playlist. 4. Click OK. To eable the display of MOS active playlists that are ot ready-to-air: 1. Select Tools > Optios. The Optios dialog box opes. 2. I Category, select Playlist Explorer. 3. Select Show all playlists (eve if ot ready-to-air). 4. Click OK. 35

36 Playlist Explorer You ca discoect a MOS active playlist, which would tur it ito a stadaloe playlist cotrolled by Commad, by right-clickig o that MOS-based ewsroom playlist ad selectig Discoect. The optio appears disabled whe right-clickig o other o-ewsroom playlists. You ca also delete a stadaloe playlist or shotbox from the Playlist Explorer via a cotext meu optio by right-clickig o the shotbox or stadaloe playlist i the Playlist Explorer pael. Tabs Whether the same playlist ca be opeed oto multiple tabs i the Playlist Viewer is a cofigurable settig. Chagig this settig does ot affect existig tabs already opeed i the curret sessio. To tur o or off the multi-tab optio for playlists: 1. Select Tools > Optios. If prompted for a password, you must provide it or cotact your system admiistrator. The Optios dialog box opes. 36

37 Playlist Explorer 2. I Category, select Playlist Explorer. 3. Do oe of the followig: t Select Oe tab per playlist if you wat ay playlist opeed from the Playlist Explorer to appear o oly oe tab. If its already ope, its tab will appear o top of other tabs. Avid recommeds usig this settig. t Deselect Oe tab per playlist if you wat a playlist to appear o a ew tab each time it s opeed from the Playlist Explorer. 4. Click OK. For more iformatio o the Auto-ope playlist optio, see Playlist Explorer o page

38 Ivetory Ivetory The Ivetory pael shows a alphabetical list of chael groups, a search bar, ad the ivetory (media) for a selected chael group i a table or spreadsheet-style format. Below the ivetory, you ca see the total umber of ivetory items displayed ad ay chose media item s availability, clip ID, ame (slug), duratio, the time whe it was last modified, ad whether media is protected from deletio. You ca also double click o a media item to ope it from the Ivetory pael. Opeig items from the Ivetory pael is depedet o havig a playlist ope that cotais a browse chael o the same device. If the user opes the playlist first, Commad will automatically select the first chael group i the Ivetory pael. 38

39 Ivetory For more iformatio about chael groups, see Workig with Chael Groups o page 79. Whe cotrollig a third-party video device via the Avid Video device service (usig VDCP), the device s ivetory will appear i the Ivetory pael oly if the device service is cofigured to use oe port for ivetory purposes. If the device service is cofigured with playback chaels oly, the ivetory will ot appear; however, the playlist i Commad will still reflect ivetory status, ad a uavailable item promptly chages to available oce it is trasferred to the device. The Ivetory pael provides graphical idicators to show status of availability ad delete protectio: Ivetory Status Icos Available o all Uavailable o some Item is protected agaist deletio across all devices i the chael group. Item is partially protected. Problem with oe or more devices i chael group. Detailed Status Icos Available o specific device Uavailable o specifc device Whe o shield ico is preset, that idicates the item is ot protected, ad therefore ca be deleted from the ivetory. Whe a item appears uavailable o some, you ca view the specific devices by clickig the plus (+) to the left of Availability i the Details sectio of the Ivetory pael. Whe a item appears partially protected, you ca view the specific devices by clickig the plus (+) to the left of Devices i the Details sectio of the Ivetory pael. Commad users ca drag media directly from the Ivetory pael to the Playlist Viewer ad drop it ito a ope, locked stadaloe playlist with the same chael group assiged to it. If a differet chael group applies, the system will ask the user whether to add the chael group to the playlist. 39

40 Ivetory To view ivetory from a differet chael group: t Select a differet chael group from the list. If you wat to view items from more tha oe chael group, hold the Ctrl key dow as you select multiple chael groups i the Ivetory pael. The list is provided i alphabetical order. The user ca select ay colum header to sort the table by that colum. The user ca also rearrage the order of colums. To sort ivetory: t Select the colum by which you wat to sort, such as Slug, which is the ame or title of the item. To rearrage colum order: t Click o a colum header ad drag it to a ew positio. Customizig the Ivetory Pael The Ivetory pael is divided ito multiple areas that display iformatio, such as chael group list, a search bar, ivetory, ad media details. A user ca customize some features of the pael by modifyig the fot or adjustig the size of each area withi the cofies of the pael. For istace, a user ca move oe of two resize bars to adjust the areas of the Ivetory pael to view more ivetory or loger chael group lists. To resize areas of the Ivetory pael: t Click either of the two resize bars, which are located i the pae betwee the chael group list area ad the search bar or betwee the ivetory ad details areas at the bottom of the pae. The drag the bar up or dow to make your adjustmet. 40

41 Ivetory To modify the fot i the Ivetory pael: 1. Click Tools > Optios. If prompted for a password, you must provide it or cotact your system admiistrator. The Optios dialog box appears. 2. Modify the fot by clickig the Chage butto. A sample of your settigs is provided as a preview. 3. Click Apply to save your chages. Searchig for Items i Ivetory Avid inews Commad lets users search for specific items i the ivetory via the Ivetory pael. The search is ot case sesitive. To search for a item: 1. Use the drop-dow arrow ext to the Search field i the Ivetory pael to select the filter by which you wat to search. Your optios are: ID, Slug, or All (meaig both the item s slug ad ID). 41

42 Ivetory 2. Type the ID or slug i the Search field. As you type, the list of items show i the Ivetory pael is filtered to show oly those items with the criteria you specified. Also, whe switchig chael groups i the Ivetory pael, ay etered search term will be reapplied to the ewly chose chael group. Deletig Items i Ivetory Avid inews Commad eables users to delete items i the ivetory via the Ivetory pael. However, if a item is cued, playig, paused, or doe, you caot delete it from the Ivetory pael; if a attempt is made to do so, a alert will appear to provide a explaatio. To delete a item: 1. Select the item ad the right-click o it. 2. Select Delete from the meu. Hold the Ctrl or Shift key dow as you click to select multiple items for deletio. If the meu optio is uavailable, see your system admiistrator who might have disabled this feature. Whe multiple items are selected for deletio, the Delete Cofirmatio dialog box appears with a cofirmatio questio statig the umber of items selected for deletio. For istace, the questio might appear as: Delete the 10 selected ivetory items? Protectig Items i Ivetory Avid inews Commad eables users to selectively protect items i the ivetory from deletio via the Ivetory pael. To protect a item: 1. Select the item (or items) ad right-click. 2. Select Protect from the meu. Hold the Ctrl or Shift key dow as you click to select multiple items for delete-protectio. If the meu optio is uavailable, see your system admiistrator who might have disabled this feature. A silver shield appears i the Ivetory pael ext to protected items. Protectio applies to that item across all devices i the chael group (selected at the top of the Ivetory pael). If there is a problem with protectig the item o ay of the devices, the shield ico appears yellow ad with a exclamatio poit. You ca view additioal details for the specific devices by clickig the plus (+) to the left of Devices i the Details sectio of the Ivetory pael. 42

43 Clock To remove delete protectio from a item: 1. Select the item (or items) ad right-click. 2. Select Remove Protectio from the meu. Editig Items i Ivetory Users ca chage a item s slug or video ID from the Ivetory pael. However, if a item is cued, playig, paused, or doe, you caot reame it from the Ivetory pael; if a attempt is made to do so, a alert will appear to provide a explaatio. Reamig of the video ID is a feature that a system admiistrator ca tur off. To chage a item s slug: 1. Right click o the item i the Ivetory pael. 2. Select Chage Slug. Clock To chage a item s video ID: 1. Right click o the item i the Ivetory pael. 2. Select Chage ID. The Clock pael ca be used to display the curret time based o the Commad Workstatio s time or times ormally associated with the clocks featured i the Playlist Viewer, such as times related to clips or a show. I the previous example, the clock is cofigured to display the time remaiig i a clip, such a miute ad eight secods. Because the Clock pael ca be udocked, it may be moved to a secod moitor i the cotrol room, if the Commad Workstatio is a computer with dual-moitor capabilities. 43

44 Clock The fot, backgroud, ad foregroud colors of the Clock pael are cofigurable, ad the time ca be set to display values i a 12- or 24-hour format. To cofigure the clock: 1. Select Tools > Optios. If prompted for a password, you must provide it or cotact your system admiistrator. The Optios dialog box opes. 2. I Category, select Clock. 3. I the Time of Day Clock sectio, set the clock s text color ad backgroud color. 4. Select the Display Time of Day check box if you wat to display curret time based o the workstatio s time. 5. Set the clock to either a 12- or 24-hour format. 44

45 Playout Playout 6. Click the Chage butto to set the clock s fot. A sample of your settigs is provided as a preview. 7. I the Chael Duratio Clocks sectio, select the Display Chael Duratios check box if you wat to display duratio clocks. Commad offers a Clock pael that automatically displays up to two duratio clocks also kow as cout up/dow clocks for all video chaels i the active (ope) playlist, ad users ca customize the size ad color of the clocks for that pael i this sectio of the Optios dialog box. 8. If you wat the clocks to flash durig the last 10 secods of a item s duratio, select the check box called Flash red last te secods. This is a global settig. If selected, whe a playig item reaches 10 secods remaiig, the coutdow clock will chage the text color to red ad the alterate every secod betwee that color ad the stadard pre-defied color. 9. Click the Chage butto to set the fot for the duratio clocks. A sample of your settigs is provided as a preview. 10. Select the text color ad backgroud used for chael ames. 11. I each of the Left Clock ad Right Clock sectios, select the behavior of the clocks: t Hide Choose this optio if you do ot wat to display the clock. t Time elapsed i clip Choose this optio if you wat to display how much time has elapsed sice the curret clip bega playig. t Time remaiig i clip Choose this optio if you wat to display how much time remais of the clip that is playig. 12. Select the text color ad backgroud for each of the duratio clocks. 13. Whe doe, click Apply, the OK. The Playout pael displays trasport cotrols, thumbails, duratio iformatio ad IDs or slugs for media items. The pael has two mai uses: Lets users access chael specific trasport commads from withi the Commad user iterface. This is most useful for sites with touch scree moitors. Lets users moitor the curretly playig item from a workstatio that does ot have the chael group locked. 45

46 Playout The Playout pael ca display either video or graphics. The followig illustratio shows a Playout pael with a sample video item. The followig illustratio shows a Playout pael with a sample graphic. To view the Playout pael: t Select View > Playout. For iformatio o cofigurig this pael for use with touch scree devices, see Settig up the Playout Pael for Touch Screes i the Avid inews Commad Istallatio ad Cofiguratio Guide. 46

47 Media Viewer Media Viewer The Media Viewer provides Browse cotrols withi the Commad user iterface that you ca use to play, stop, ad set mark i ad out poits of video o devices, such as a Avid AirSpeed video server. The pael does allow for the display of static images, called thumbails, which represet media items, but a exteral video moitor must be used to watch the video. A browse chael must be cofigured i the chael group to browse video. Commad supports shared browse chaels, too, so that users ca ope items i Media Viewer from multiple workstatios. For shared browsig, a secod browse-oly chael group must be created. Editig the mark i ad out poits of video items ad timecode graphics ca be doe from the Media Viewer with or without a browse chael. The Browse cotrols are: Positio Idicator Set Mark I Set Mark I Timecode Set Mark Out Set Mark Out Eject Duratio Go To I Play/Stop Go To Out The Play butto chages to a Stop butto whe media is playig. The keyboard s spacebar ca be used to play or pause the play of video i the Media Viewer. The clock o the bottom left of the Media Viewer displays the timecode of curret positio idicated o the positio bar. The clock o the right provides the duratio. The duratio betwee mark i ad out poits is show o the item i the playlist. Settig a mark i or out poit for a item i Media Viewer is a soft mark, which meas that the mark i or out poit oly applies to that specific item i the playlist, but the origial item i the ivetory is uchaged. 47

48 Media Viewer Displayig Thumbails i Media Viewer Thumbails i Commad are small graphical represetatios of the media, which could be a character geerated graphic or a frame of video. I regard to video, although sometimes referred to as headframes, thumbails are created from withi the first five frames of video ad therefore might or might ot be the first or head frame. Whe thumbails are displayed, a static image represetig the media appears i the Media Viewer above the Browse cotrols. 48

49 Media Viewer To display thumbails i the Media Viewer: 1. Select Tools > Optios. If prompted for a password, you must provide it or cotact your system admiistrator. The Optios dialog box opes. 2. I Category, select Media Viewer. 3. Select Show thumbails. 4. Click OK to save the settigs. Editig Fulfillmet Data ad Time Codes i the Media Viewer The Media Viewer ca also be used to edit fulfillmet data i graphics, create stadaloe playlists with time code playout, ad override time code values from ewsroom playlists. By settig the start ad duratio times of a video item, you istruct Commad to sed Play ad Eject commads whe the story s video reaches the appropriate poits. For graphic items, this lets you overlap graphics by usig start ad duratio times. For istace, you ca set the start time of a secod graphic to happe before the ed time of the first graphic, so that a Eject commad is ot set for the first before the secod oe plays, allowig for a update motio whe trasitioig from oe graphic to aother. 49

50 Media Viewer Commad display a Curled Arrow ico i the playlist to idicate whe graphics overlap. This feature works oly with devices that support it. For a list of compatible devices, see the latest Avid inews Commad ReadMe. To edit fulfillmet data or alter time code values: 1. Ope the item i the Media Viewer. If the graphic has fulfillmet fields, those will be displayed. If the item is a blak template, you ca use the Plus (+) butto to add fields. 2. Edit the fulfillmet data i the fields provided. 3. (Optioal) Modify the time code values for Start ad Duratio. c All chages to the item are applied immediately ad appear i the Media Viewer, so o savig i ecessary. Chages made that override fulfillmet data from ewsroom playlists are ot set back to the ewsroom computer system, ad would be lost if the story is floated/ufloated from withi the rudow. 50

51 Alerts Alerts The Alerts widow provides a list of recet alerts. The alerts cotai these properties: Title (madatory) Text (optioal-ot show i the list) Alert type The types of alerts iclude: Ico Alert Type Critical Warig Iformatio Succeeded The succeeded alert with its check mark ico will oly appear as a followup to previously reported warigs ad critical alerts. Each alert will appear alog with a timestamp for whe the alert was issued. If the alert s title exteds beyod the size of the pael, resize the pael or mouse over the alert to view the etire title i a tooltip. A user ca also select ay alert ad view additioal details as well as clear alerts from the list. 51

52 Alerts To view details: t Select a alert ad view the details below the list area. t Double-click o a alert to view details specific to that alert i a diagostics dialog box. To clear alerts: t Right-click ad select Clear Alerts. 52

53 3 Playlist Viewer The inews Commad iterface provides a area kow as the Playlist Viewer, with which users ca view ad maage playlists for o-air playout. This chapter cotais the followig mai sectios: Types of Playlists Overview of Playlist Viewer - Toolbars - Viewig Playlist Items by Compoet Customizig the Playlist Viewer - Customizig the Cursor - Customizig Playlist Clocks - Customizig Colums i Playlist Viewer - Resizig the Playlist Viewer - Displayig Thumbails i a Playlist Lockig ad Ulockig Playlists Workig with Chael Groups Workig with Stadaloe Playlists Workig with Embedded Playlists Usig Time of Day Playlists

54 Types of Playlists Types of Playlists There are differet types of playlists. For example, a playlist created at a Commad Workstatio is cosidered a stadaloe playlist. It ca be locked ad maaged from ay Commad Workstatio o the Commad system. A playlist created through a ewsroom computer system ad uploaded to the Commad system is called a ewsroom playlist. Whe the ewsroom rudow is uploaded to Commad, the resultig playlist ca be viewed at the Commad Workstatio, but the ewsroom system retais the lock o the playlist. Although the ewsroom system retais the playlist lock, a user at a Commad Workstatio ca still cotrol playout fuctioality by obtaiig the locks o chael groups associated with the ewsroom playlist. Chael group locks for playout are ot the same as playlist locks, which prevet alterig the structure of the playlist itself. A user at a Commad Workstatio ca obtai the playlist lock from a ewsroom system, i which case the ewsroom playlist becomes a stadaloe playlist. For more iformatio, see Lockig ad Ulockig Playlists o page

55 Overview of Playlist Viewer Whe a playlist is iserted ito aother oe, the oe iserted is called a embedded playlist. The oe cotaiig the embedded playlist is kow as the cotaier playlist. A stadaloe playlist ca cotai a ewsroom playlist or aother stadaloe playlist as its embedded playlist. A ewsroom playlist ca cotai a stadaloe playlist or aother ewsroom playlist. Newsroom playlists that cotai the word shotbox i the ame ca be loaded to Commad as shotboxes. Fially, a playlist set to air at specific times is called a time of day playlist. For more o this type of playlist, see Usig Time of Day Playlists o page 93. Overview of Playlist Viewer Amog the may capabilities featured i the Playlist Viewer, a user ca: View existig playlists stadaloe, time of day, or ewsroom playlists Choose to display playlist items based o compoet type, such as video or graphics. Create stadaloe playlists Lock chael groups Cotrol a playlist for broadcast Embed a playlist ito stadaloe playlists Whe you double-click o a playlist i the Playlist Explorer, inews Commad will ope it o a tab i the Playlist Viewer to display all the stories with attached media, icludig character geerator graphics (CGs), if ay. You ca have differet playlists ope simultaeously. All are accessible through tabs located at the top of the Playlist Viewer. The Playlist Viewer opes i the same area of the workspace as the Shotbox Viewer pael. If the Shotbox Viewer pael is also ope, the two ca split the space, oe atop the other. The Playlist Viewer caot be split to view multiple playlists simultaeously; oly oe tab ca be viewed at a time. The appearace ad some behavior of the playlist is customizable. For example, depedig o your system s cofiguratio, thumbails or a film strip ico might appear for certai media items. I the followig example, the display of thumbails are eabled. Other examples i this chapter show playlists with that feature disabled. For more iformatio o custom optios, see Customizig the Playlist Viewer o page 62. For more iformatio o thumbails, see Displayig Thumbails i a Playlist o page

56 Toolbars If a video item is uavailable, Commad will display the video ID but ot the item s title (also called the slug). Toolbars For more iformatio, see Toolbars o page 56, ad Customizig the Playlist Viewer o page 62. Below each tab i the Playlist Viewer are various toolbars, which might appear. The top oe is the Playout toolbar cotaiig two clocks ad several buttos for playout cotrol. With the Playout toolbar, a user at the Commad Workstatio ca play, pause, or stop evets. 56

57 Toolbars Cotrol buttos allow users to cotrol playout of evets o locked devices associated with the loaded playlist. For more iformatio about the clocks o the Playout toolbar, see Customizig Playlist Clocks o page 69. Below the Playout toolbar is the Playlist toolbar, which eables users to lock ad ulock chael groups to playlists. It also cotais check boxes for each chael group that a user ca select to determie by compoet the display of items i a playlist. If o chael groups are associated with the playlist, o Chael Group buttos or check boxes will appear. For more iformatio, see Chael Groups Buttos o page 59. O the far right of the Playlist toolbar is aother butto used to lock playlists or discoect playlists from ewsroom rudows. The icos o the buttos that appear o the Playlist toolbar will vary depedig o variety of factors: whether the chael group or groups are locked, whether the playlist is a time of day playlist, stadaloe playlist, ewsroom playlist, ad whether it s locked. Beeath the Playlist toolbar is the Chael toolbar, which might appear whe a chael group is locked. It shows status icos o a per chael basis. To see the various types of icos you might see o the toolbar, see Chael Group Icos o page 182. This toolbar ca be tured off so that it does ot appear. Regardless, the status icos are also available o the Status bar at the bottom right corer of the Commad widow. Like the Playlist toolbar, the icos that appear o the Chael toolbar will vary depedig o the status of the idividual chaels i the chael group. Whe the tally sigal is active, the color of a chael o the Chael toolbar might also chage color. For a breakdow of the types of icos you might see o these toolbars, see Ico ad Butto Quick Referece o page

58 Toolbars Hidig a Playlist s Playout or Chael Toolbar A user ca choose whether to display the Playout ad Chael toolbars. To hide the Playout or Chael toolbar: 1. Select Tools > Optios. If prompted for a password, you must provide it or cotact your system admiistrator. The Optios dialog box will appear. 2. I Category, expad the Playlist ad Shotbox Viewers. 3. Expad Playlist Viewer ad select Toolbars. 4. Do oe of the followig or both: t Deselect Show playout toolbar. t Deselect Show chael toolbar. 5. Click OK. 58

59 Toolbars Chael Groups Buttos Chael Group buttos represet a chael group that is associated with the loaded playlist ad are used to idividually lock chael groups for playout cotrol ad ulock them afterward. Whe playlists are loaded to Commad from a ewsroom computer system, the Chael Group butto for the appropriate chael group associated with that playlist will automatically appear i the Playlist toolbar. If multiple chael groups are cofigured for the playlist, the more tha oe butto will appear. For stadaloe playlists created at the Commad workstatio, a chael group must be added to the playlist, which ca be doe whe the playlist is created or added later at ay time. If a user drags a item from the Ivetory pael ito a stadaloe playlist, Commad will prompt the user to automatically add the chael group associated with that item. For more iformatio, see Workig with Chael Groups o page 79. Customizig the Chael Toolbar for Tally Avid inews Commad ca provide a visual idicatio of whe a chael s tally sigal is active. This idicator appears as a color chage o the Chael toolbar. The followig illustratio shows two chaels, A ad B, ad the tally is active for chael B. The colors for the backgroud ad text are customizable. 59

60 Toolbars To set the colors for tally: 1. Select Tools > Optios. If prompted for a password, you must provide it or cotact your system admiistrator. The Optios dialog box opes. 2. I Category, expad Chael ad select Appearace. 3. Set the colors for both the backgroud ad the text. 4. Click OK to save the settigs. The settigs for Tally High apply to the Chael toolbar i both the Playlist Viewer ad the Shotbox Viewer pael. 60

61 Viewig Playlist Items by Compoet Viewig Playlist Items by Compoet I some cases, a user might wat to view playlist items associated with a particular compoet ad ot ay others, such as oly character geerator (CG) graphics or oly video. Commad provides users with a way to do this via check boxes o the Playlist toolbar. To display items based o compoet type: t Select the check box ext to the chael group associated with that type of compoet. I the followig illustratio, the chael group associated with a video server is selected, as idicated by the black X, so oly video items would be displayed i the playlist, ot CG items. If both were selected, the video ad CG items would appear i the playlist. The display of items is idepedet of whether the chael group or groups are locked. Graphic Trigger Cout Whe itegrated with a graphic compoet, such as certai character geerator devices, Commad playlists ca display the total umber of triggers for graphic items with a trigger cout greater tha oe. Devices usig Chyro Itelliget Iterface protocols will show the trigger cout i the Trigger colum of a playlist. Third-party GDS plug-i implemetatio, such as Vizrt, may show the trigger cout i the Trigger colum. The graphic trigger cout must be etered i the Graphic Ivetory Editor (for CII iplemetatio), or reported to Commad by the Graphic device service s plug-i. For istace, whe a graphic item is cued, Commad displays values i the format 0/x, where x is the umerical value for the item s total trigger cout. I the sample illustratio, the display is 0/2, because the graphic item i this example has a trigger cout of two (2). 61

62 Customizig the Playlist Viewer Next, whe the item is played, it goes to a paused state after completig the first trigger, ad the first umerical value chages accordigly. I this example, the graphic trigger cout chages to 1/2. The, after the item is played agai ad executes its last trigger, it goes to a Doe state, ad the graphic trigger displayed i Commad chages to 2/2. Customizig the Playlist Viewer Whe first istalled, Avid inews Commad uses default colors ad fots to display iformatio about playlist evets; however users ca customize how that data is displayed o the Playlist Viewer tabs. For example, a user might wat a uplayable evet to appear i red so that it easily stads out o the scree. Chages made to the Appearace settigs apply to the Playlist ad Shotbox Viewers; oly a few settigs are ot applicable to shotboxes, such as Story, Embedded Playlist, ad Break etries. Additioally, the behavior of the cursor withi the playlist ca be set to perform i certai ways. For example, a user might wat the cursor to move whe pressig the Page Up key. By default the cursor does ot move. 62

63 Customizig the Playlist Viewer To customize the appearace ad behavior of the Playlist Viewer: 1. Select Tools > Optios. If prompted for a password, you must provide it or cotact your system admiistrator. The Optios dialog box opes. 2. I Category, expad Playlist ad Shotbox Viewers ad select Appearace. 3. You ca alter the fot, as well as the color of text ad backgrouds. As you click o each etry i the Playlist sectio, your settigs for that etry will appear i the Sample sectio at the bottom of the dialog box. Usig the Ctrl or Shift keys, you ca select ad modify multiple etries simultaeously. 4. (Optioal) Click Apply to save the settigs without closig the dialog box, so further modificatio ca cotiue. The Restore Defaults butto is used to restore settigs to the system s origial default settigs. 63

64 Customizig the Playlist Viewer 5. Select Playlist Viewer. 6. Select the check box i the Playlist creatio sectio if you wat to eable item-oly playlists. This optio is selected by default. You ca isert breaks i item-oly playlists. If you ited to embed ewsroom playlists or other stadaloe playlists, you must deselect this optio to keep stories i the playlist. 7. Select Show thumbails if you wat to view thumbails of media i the playlist. For more iformatio o thumbails, see Displayig Thumbails i a Playlist o page Select whether you wat a default ico displayed i the playlist for items that do ot have thumbails. Default Icos Default ico for graphics Default ico for videos 64

65 Customizig the Playlist Viewer If this feature is tured o ad Commad is cotrollig video ad graphic devices that do ot support thumbails, the default icos for each are used as show i the followig illustratio. 9. I the Filters sectio, select the check box if you wat story rows with o visible items to be hidde i the playlist. 10. I the Uplayable descriptio sectio, select a radio butto correspodig to the maer i which you wat Commad to display uplayable status iformatio. Optios iclude: t Showig the descriptio before the title. t Showig the descriptio after the title. t Hidig the descriptio ad ot displayig it at all. 11. (Optioal) Click Apply to save the settigs without closig the dialog box, so further modificatio ca cotiue. 12. Select Behavior. 65

66 Customizig the Playlist Viewer 13. Select whether to allow use of arrow keys to move the cursor up or dow a playlist to the earest media or ext adjacet row. 14. Select whether to eable the Page Up, Page Dow, Home, ad Ed keys to move the cursor up or dow a playlist, scrollig as eeded. By default, this feature is off, so pressig ay of these four keys would scroll the view without movig the cursor withi the playlist. 15. The autocursor feature applies to cursor behavior i a playlist whe usig chael specific playout i regard to GPI or X-keys with actios assiged to idices. Set Autocursor to oe of the followig optios: Optio Noe Descriptio Select this optio if ot usig chael specific playout. Whe set to Noe, the cursor will follow stadard movemet patters. To ext playable after last-played item Select this optio if you wat the cursor to move to the ext available item after the oe that s just bee played via chael specific GPI or X-keys commads. To last-played item Select this optio if you wat the cursor to move to the item just played via chael specific GPI or X-keys commads. 16. Select how may rows should remai displayed above the cursor. This will lock the cursor i place oce it reaches the row specified so that the playlist scrolls up or dow istead of the cursor movig up or dow. 17. Select whether the autoscroll lock applies to the row cotaiig the last-played item, istead of cursor positio. 18. Select whether double-clickig o a item should cue that item or ope it ito the Media Viewer. 19. Click OK to save the settigs. Customizig the Cursor I a playlist, the cursor ca appear as a rectagle aroud a row or as a solid bar i all or specified fields. Additioally, a drop idicator is provided whe draggig copied rows to differet locatios withi a playlist. It appears as a solid lie betwee rows. A user ca customize the colors for both the cursor ad the drop idicator. The behavior of the cursor whe a user presses the keys Page Up, Page Dow, Home, or Ed ca also be customized. By default the cursor does ot move whe ay of the four keys are pressed. For more o settig cursor behavior i a playlist, see Customizig the Playlist Viewer o page

67 Customizig the Playlist Viewer To chage the cursor s appearace: 1. Select Tools > Optios. If prompted for a password, you must provide it or cotact your system admiistrator. The Optios dialog box opes. 2. I Category, expad Playlist ad Shotbox Viewers ad select Cursor. 3. Set the color of the cursor. Settig Active Iactive Descriptio The color of the cursor whe the focus is o the Playlist Viewer. By default this color is black. The color of the cursor whe the focus is o a differet pael i the inews Commad widow or o aother software applicatio. By default this color is gray. 67

68 Customizig the Playlist Viewer 4. Set the color of the drop idicator. Settig Drop Idicator Descriptio The color of the lie used to idicate where copied rows will be dropped ito the playlist whe dragged to a ew locatio. By default this color is blue. 5. (Optioal) Click Apply to save chages without closig the Optios dialog box. 6. Expad Playlist Viewer ad select Colums. 7. Set the Backgroud optios per colum accordigly. Optios Cursor Status Descriptio The cursor s color will also apply to the field s backgroud. This makes the cursor i that colum appear to be a solid bar. The cursor s color oly applies as a outlie o the field. This allows the backgroud i that colum to reflect status colors, such as playability or trasport status. 68

69 Customizig the Playlist Viewer I the followig example, the cursor s active color is set to black, the Thumbail ad Trigger colums are set to Cursor, while the rest is set to Status. The cursor located o the video item betwee story lies 04 ad 05 appears as show: I the previous example, the display of thumbails was tured off, so the cursor color is clearly visible. A filmstrip ico appears for all video items istead of thumbail graphics. Whe thumbails are displayed, the graphic fills each cell i the colum; therefore, the cursor color i that colum appears more as a outlie. For a example of a playlist showig thumbails, see Displayig Thumbails i a Playlist o page Click OK to save settigs ad close the Optios dialog box. Customizig Playlist Clocks The clocks o either side of the toolbar ca be hidde or customized to provide certai timig fuctios, which iclude: Time elapsed i clip Time remaiig i clip Time remaiig i show If a item is added to a playlist, the Time Remaiig i Show will update immediately. Each clock s backgroud color, as well as the fot ad color of text, ca be altered from the defaults, which are: black, 24 pt., bold MS Shell Dlg fot o a yellow backgroud. While the fot settig is shared by both clocks, the colors ca be set idepedetly of oe aother. 69

70 Customizig the Playlist Viewer To chage clock fuctios: 1. Select Tools > Optios. If prompted for a password, you must provide it or cotact your system admiistrator. The Optios dialog box appears. 2. I Category, expad Playlist ad Shotbox Viewers. 3. Expad Playlist Viewer ad select Clocks. 4. Set each clock s behavior, text color, ad backgroud color. 5. To chage the fot used for both clocks, click the Chage butto. 6. If you wat the clocks to flash durig the last 10 secods of a item s duratio, select the check box i the Both clocks sectio. If selected, whe a playig item reaches 10 secods remaiig, the coutdow clock will chage the text color to red ad the alterate every secod betwee that color ad the stadard pre-defied color. 7. Whe fiished modifyig the look ad behavior of the clocks, click OK. 70

71 Customizig the Playlist Viewer Customizig Colums i Playlist Viewer A Commad user ca rearrage, reame, ad hide ay colum or colums i a playlist. To rearrage colums: t Click o the colum header ad drag it right or left to a ew locatio. To show, hide, or reame a colum: 1. Select Tools > Optios. If prompted for a password, you must provide it or cotact your system admiistrator. The Optios dialog box opes. 2. I Category, expad Playlist ad Shotbox Viewers. 3. Expad Playlist Viewer ad select Colums. 4. Uder Show, select or deselect the check box for each colum you wat to display or hide. 5. Uder Header, double-click the text field correspodig to the colum you wat to reame ad type i the ew ame. 71

72 Customizig the Playlist Viewer 6. Click OK. The Story Field optio eables the user to display i the playlist certai metadata obtaied from the ewsroom computer system related to a story. Optios iclude: Page umber, Story slug, ad Story ID. This data will appear oly o a story lie i the playlist i the specified colum. Time of Day Colum The Backgroud colum settig pertais to the appearace of the colum fields whe the cursor is o them i the Playlist Viewer. For more iformatio, see Customizig the Cursor o page 66. There are two ways you ca use the Time of Day colum: Lock the chael group ad play a item i a playlist that cotais follow-o items. If displayed i a playlist, the Time of Day colum will show the time all subsequet follow-o items will trigger for playout. Maually playig aother item will cause the Time of Day colum to update. Closig ad reopeig the playlist will clear the values i the Time of Day colum. For the Time of Day colum to display follow-o values, you must eable Assig follow-o to all items i a playlist s properties. If you wat follow-o to cotiue through breaks as well, esure that Assig follow-o to all breaks is also selected. This turs follow-o o or off for all curret breaks i the selected playlist. Right-click o a opeed playlist ad edit its properties by settig the playlist to automatically begi playig at a specified time. That time will appear i the Time of Day colum. If a user chages the specified time i the playlist s properties, the Time of Day colum will update. Maually playig a item will overwrite the values set i the playlist s properties. Resizig the Playlist Viewer By default, the Playlist Viewer splits the mai portio of the Commad widow with the Shotbox Viewer pael if both are opeed. A user ca adjust the divisio of the space for the Shotbox Viewer pael ad the Playlist Viewer by clickig o the divider bar betwee them ad draggig it up or dow. If the size is adjusted too small, some features will be hidde. More space is required if thumbails are show i playlists. The Playlist Viewer ca also be maximized to fill the etire widow. 72

73 Customizig the Playlist Viewer To maximize the Playlist Viewer: t Type Alt+Z. t Select Playlist > View > Toggle Maximize. Displayig Thumbails i a Playlist Thumbails i Commad are small graphical represetatios of the media, which could be a character geerated graphic or a frame of video. I regard to video, although sometimes referred to as headframes, thumbails are created from withi the first five frames of video ad therefore might or might ot be the first or head frame. For video clips, the marked i time does ot affect the creatio of thumbails, which are created from withi the first five frames of recorded video. I a playlist, whe thumbails are available ad displayed, they appear i the far left colum. The followig example shows a playlist with thumbails of video: 73

74 Customizig the Playlist Viewer The thumbails i the example are for SD media, but Commad ca display thumbails for HD media, too, i which case the HD media appears with a white matte across the top ad bottom of the thumbail. Resizig the Thumbail colum will also resize the thumbail; the system retais aspect ratio. Whe display of thumbails are ot eabled, or if Commad caot fid or make a thumbail for a media item, a ico similar to a film reel is used to idicate a video item, as show i the followig illustratio. 74

75 Customizig the Playlist Viewer I the followig example, the playlist shows items with thumbails for a differet compoet, a Avid Deko graphics device istead of a video server: If Commad is cotrollig video ad graphic devices that do ot support thumbails, the default icos for each are used istead, as show i the followig illustratio, which is a sample playlist displayig both default video ad graphic icos i their default 16 x 16 pixel size. 75

76 Customizig the Playlist Viewer If Commad is cotrollig a device that supports thumbails, the default size for icos i the playlist gets bigger (up to 48 pixels) if the thumbail colum is wideed. The followig illustratio shows the larger size thumbail ad default video ico for a playable ad uplayable item: To tur o the display of thumbails: 1. Select Tools > Optios. If prompted for a password, you must provide it or cotact your system admiistrator. The Optios dialog box opes. 76

77 Lockig ad Ulockig Playlists 2. I Category, expad Playlist ad Shotbox Viewers. 3. Select Playlist Viewer. 4. Select Show thumbails if you wat to view thumbails of media i the playlist. 5. Click OK to save settigs. Lockig ad Ulockig Playlists Whe a playlist is loaded from a ewsroom computer system, inews Commad seds that system updates ay time chages occur to the playlist at the Commad workstatio ad receives updates from the ewsroom computer system whe chages are made to the rudow. The playlist is cotrolled ad therefore cosidered locked by the ewsroom system. However, should that coectio be broke, the playlist is cosidered to be discoected. Whe a discoect occurs, playout ca cotiue from the Commad workstatio; however, ay chages to the playlist i Commad will ot be set to the rudow i the ewsroom computer system. Also, the playlist will ot display ay modificatios that might be made to the rudow. At that poit, it is equivalet to a stadaloe playlist. c If a discoect occurs, reloadig the playlist from the ewsroom computer system will restore the coectio ad provide the most up-to-date playlist i the Playlist Explorer or, if cofigured to do so, o a ew tab i the Playlist Viewer. The chael groups (devices) locked to the origial, discoected playlist must be maually ulocked, ad the relocked from the reloaded playlist o the ew tab. 77

78 Lockig ad Ulockig Playlists O the far right side of the Playlist toolbar is the Playlist Lock butto. Its appearace varies depedig o the status of the playlist: This ico idicates that the playlist is cotrolled (locked) by a inews ewsroom rudow. Clickig it will prompt the user with a Override Lock dialog box. The user must type i the system admiistrator password to override the lock ad discoect the playlist from the ewsroom rudow. Wheever the lock held by a inews ewsroom rudow is overridde, the ico will chage to oe with a blikig red X to idicate the playlist is discoected from the ewsroom rudow. This ico idicates that the playlist is MOS active ad marked ready-to-air by a MOS-based ewsroom rudow. Clickig it will prompt the user with a Override Lock dialog box. If overridde, the playlist is discoected; whe this occurs, the ico will chage to oe with a blikig red X to idicate the playlist is ow discoected from the MOS-based ewsroom rudow. This ico idicates that the playlist is locked by the user at the Commad Workstatio. Whe locked, the user ca isert, move, or delete items i the playlist. Clickig it will ulock the playlist at the workstatio. Whe it is ulocked, the ico will chage to idicate the playlist is ulocked. This ico idicates that the playlist is ulocked. Clickig it will lock the playlist at the Commad Workstatio. This ico idicates that the playlist is locked by a user at a differet Commad Workstatio. Whe locked by aother user, oly that user ca isert, move, or delete items i the playlist. Clickig the ico will override the other user s lock. The user must type i the system admiistrator password to override the lock. This ico idicates a uusual lock coditio, such as whe a ewsroom system still has the lock o a ewsroom playlist, but coectio to the ewsroom computer system is dow. Wheever a playlist is locked by aother user, ad you attempt to edit the playlist such as draggig ad droppig a item ito the playlist, Commad will display a dialog box explaiig that you must first lock the playlist yourself before beig allowed to make such edits. 78

79 Workig with Chael Groups Selectig Yes i the dialog box will lock the playlist by you ad permit edits. Workig with Chael Groups A chael group is a group of oe or more device chaels that might or might ot be across multiple devices. Avid recommeds that each chael group pertais to the same type of device. For example, a chael group called AS is a groupig of chaels from two or more AirSpeed video servers, while a differet chael group amed CG is a groupig of chaels o a Deko character geerator. I this example, a statio has two AirSpeed video servers, each with two chaels that are umbered 2 ad 3. The first AirSpeed is called AS1 ad the secod oe AS2. With chael groups o Commad, the statio s system admiistrator ca set up umerous differet chael groups ad call them aythig, such as the followig: Chael Group Chael Names Actual Device Chaels Purpose AS-Morig A AS1 - chael 2 Playout B AS1 - chael 3 Playout C AS2 - chael 2 Browse AS-Noo A AS1 - chael 2 Playout B AS1 - chael 3 Playout C AS2 - chael 2 Hotswap AS-5PM A AS1 - chael 2 Playout B AS1 - chael 3 Playout C AS2 - chael 2 Playout D AS2 - chael 3 Playout AS-10PM A AS1 - chael 2 Playout C AS2 - chael 2 Mirrored B AS1 - chael 3 Playout D AS2 - chael 3 Mirrored As show i the table, some chaels are used for actual broadcast while others are reserved for off-air browsig, hotswappig, ad mirrored playout purposes. 79

80 Workig with Chael Groups If the chael group cotais playback ad browse chaels, double-clickig o a item i the Media Viewer will lock that chael group. Hotswappig is a automatic chael failover protectio feature available at sites with more tha oe video server. A hotswap chael takes the place of a stadard playout chael i the group should that chael fail. For playout purposes, Commad displays i the Status area the chael that replaces the failed oe. It also displays a ico o the Chael toolbar to idicate whe a hotswap occurs. For more iformatio, see Chael Group Icos o page 182. Although the hotswap chael i Commad retais the origial ame of the failed chael, it is still a differet physical chael. So, to achieve playout, the perso at the switcher must be aware of its physical chael locatio whe takig the hotswap chael to air. I the Playlist Viewer, users ca add ew or existig chael groups to stadaloe playlists, as well as lock or ulock chael groups. For more iformatio o assigig chaels, see Chagig Chaels o page 133. To add a existig chael group to a stadaloe playlist: 1. With the playlist ope, right-click o the Chael toolbar (aywhere i the gray area). 2. Select Chael toolbar > Chaels > Add Existig Choose oe or more of the chael groups from the list. To select multiple chael groups, hold the Ctrl key dow ad click the groups. 80

81 Workig with Chael Groups 4. Click OK. A butto or buttos for selected chael groups appears o the Playlist toolbar. There is also aother way to add a existig chael group to a stadaloe playlist. Whe draggig ad droppig media from the Ivetory ito a stadaloe playlist, if the media belogs to a chael group ot already added to the playlist, a Add Chael Group dialog will appear (show below) askig the user to cofirm the additio of the chael group to the playlist. Clickig OK adds the chael group. To add a ew chael group: 1. With the playlist ope, right-click o the Chael toolbar (aywhere i the gray area). 2. Select Chael toolbar > Chaels > Add New... The Add New Chael Group dialog box opes. 81

82 Workig with Chael Groups 3. Whe prompted for the admiistrator password, type it i ad click OK. The Add New Chael Group to Playlist dialog box opes. 4. Eter the ame of the ew chael group ad ay otes you wat. 5. Click Add to add a chael to the group. 6. I the Chael Details sectio, select the Chael Type, Primary, Mirror, ad Preview optios for that chael. 7. Repeat steps 5 ad 6 as eeded. You ca use the Up ad Dow buttos to rearrage the order of chaels i the group. 8. Click OK. To remove a chael group from a playlist: 1. Remove ay media i that group from the playlist. 2. Right-click the butto for that chael group o the Playlist toolbar. 3. Select Remove from the meu. 82

83 Workig with Chael Groups For more iformatio, see Assigig Chaels i Playlist Viewer o page 84. Lockig Chael Groups Chael group locks are ot the same as playlist locks. A chael group lock pertais to cotrol of playout o chaels i a group. A playlist lock pertais to ability to modify the structure of the playlist itself. Users ca lock oe or more chael groups for a playlist from a Commad Workstatio. To lock a chael group: t Click the Chael Group butto associated with that chael group i the Playlist toolbar. The ico o the butto will chage to idicate the chael group s locked status. To ulock a chael group: t Click the Chael Group butto associated with that chael group i the Playlist toolbar. The ico o the butto will chage to idicate the chael group s ulocked status. Chael groups are umbered by the system from left to right as they appear o the Playlist toolbar, begiig with 1. This eables alterative keystroke combiatios for lockig ad ulockig idividual chael groups. For example, to lock a idividual chael group use: Ctrl+1 for the first chael group, Ctrl+2 for the secod, ad so forth. To ulock, use the Alt key istead of Ctrl. To simultaeously lock all of a playlist s chael groups: t Either press Ctrl+L or select Playlist > Chaels > Lock All. To simultaeously ulock all of a playlist s chael groups: t Either press Alt+L or select Playlist > Chaels > Ulock All. Whe a chael group is locked, the status of those locks appears o the status bar at the bottom right corer of the widow, if cofigured to be displayed i the user iterface. For more iformatio, see Status Bar o page 26. I the followig illustratio, a closeup of the locked status for both chaels A ad B of a chael group amed AB is show: The per-chael status ca also appear o the Chael toolbar, if cofigured to be displayed i the user iterface. For more iformatio, see Hidig a Playlist s Playout or Chael Toolbar o page

84 Workig with Chael Groups Assigig Chaels i Playlist Viewer After a chael group is added to a playlist, chaels ca be assiged to or edited for specific items i the playlist. For some sites, chaels are automatically assiged whe the playlist s chael group is locked. Whether this occurs depeds o system settigs i Avid inews Commad. Cotact your system admiistrator for more iformatio. There are other methods for assigig chaels at a workstatio as well. To assig chaels i Commad: t Do oe of the followig: - Click the field i the Chael colum of the playlist opeed i the Playlist Viewer ad type the first character of the chael ame, such as A, B, or C. - Type Ctrl+*, type the first character of the chael ame, ad press Eter. - Right-click ad select Chael > Assig. - Type Ctrl+R. Either of the last two steps will result i the assigmet of alteratig chaels throughout the playlist. For example, if there are two chaels, A ad B, the Commad will automatically assig A to the first item, B to the secod, A to the third, ad so forth. Auto-assigmet oly applies to chaels that are locked. To assig a chael to multiple items: 1. Click the first item to select it. 84

85 Workig with Chael Groups 2. Do oe of the followig: t Hold the Shift key dow to select all items betwee your first selectio ad your last. t Hold the Cotrol key dow to select multiple o-sequetial items. I the followig example, items for pages 06, 08, ad 10 are selected, while 07, 09, ad 11 are ot: 3. Do oe of the followig: t Press Ctrl+* (asterisk) to set the focus o the Chael field, the type the first letter of the chael you wat. (This will chage all selected items.) t With the Shift or Ctrl key still held dow, as chose i the previous step, double-click i the last item s cell located i the Chael colum. This will give you a drop-dow arrow. The, click the arrow ad select the chael from the list, as show i the previous graphic. 85

86 Workig with Chael Groups 4. Click aywhere else i the playlist. It s at this poit that the chael is reassiged to the selected items. I the followig example, the user clicked o row 11 as idicated by the black outlie, ad the chael assiged to items 06, 08, ad 10 is ow A: Settig the Graphics Style for a Chael Group Graphics styles are system settigs you ca assig to a chael group i a playlist or shotbox. If the oe you are lookig for is ot listed, cotact your system admiistrator to have it added. A graphics style ca be set per chael group, allowig for multiple styles i a sigle stadaloe playlist or shotbox. To set the graphics style for a playlist: 1. Right-click o the chael group i the Playlist toolbar. 2. Select Edit Properties for this Playlist... (This optio will ot appear if you right-click o a chael group associated with a video device.) The Playlist Chael Group Properties dialog box opes. 86

87 Workig with Stadaloe Playlists 3. Eter the graphics style. 4. Click OK. Settig Workstatio Alias Commad has a workstatio alias that, oce set, is displayed o the Playlist toolbar ext to the Chael Lock icos wheever a chael group is locked. This lets users see which workstatio has the lock o the chael group. For istace, the image o the left shows the ABCD chael group locked by the local workstatio called TD. The image o the right shows the view from aother workstatio while the same ABCD chael group is still locked by the workstatio called TD. To set the workstatio alias: 1. Select Tools > Optios > Startup. 2. Eter the alias for the workstatio. 3. Click OK. Commad Workstatio optios are user specific; they are saved i each user s Widows profile. If users log i to a workstatio usig their ow user ames, they will ot see the workstatio alias util they have set it for their ow profile. Workig with Stadaloe Playlists A stadaloe playlist is oe that is ot directly associated with (or discoected from) a ewsroom rudow. Users ca create or delete stadaloe playlists at the Commad Workstatio. They ca also edit them, add breaks, ad eve add placeholders ito stadaloe playlists. Placeholders ca be used to associate media with a story before the media is actually available. Sice each placeholder must have a uique ID to avoid playback of the wrog media, the format of the placeholder should be predefied i System Settigs. See the Avid inews Commad Admiistratio Guide for more iformatio. Discoected ewsroom playlists cotai stories with items. By default, ewly created stadaloe playlists do ot cotai stories ad are cosidered item-oly stadaloe playlists. This sectio pertais to the latter type of playlist. For more iformatio, see Isertig New Stories o page 136 ad Customizig the Playlist Viewer o page

88 Workig with Stadaloe Playlists To create a stadaloe playlist: 1. Select File > New > Playlist (or use the shortcut keystroke combiatio, Ctrl+Shift+N). 2. Whe the Create New Playlist dialog box opes, eter a ame for the ew playlist. 3. Click OK. 4. Assig a chael group or groups to the ew stadaloe playlist by clickig the Add/Lock Chael Group butto. You ca add either a ew chael group or a existig oe. For more iformatio see Workig with Chael Groups o page Drag ad drop items (existig machie cotrol evets) from the Ivetory Explorer ito your playlist. 6. Repeat step 5 as eeded. After a stadaloe playlist is created, the items i that list ca be modified as eeded, such as rearragig the order or deletig items. To edit a stadaloe playlist: 1. Ope the playlist. 2. Do ay of the followig: t Add ew items to the playlist by selectig Playlist > Isert > New Item or by draggig them from the Ivetory Explorer. You ca also drag items from a shotbox ito a playlist. If the chael group associated with the item is ot already assiged to the playlist, the a dialog box will appear to cofirm the assigmet of the chael group to the playlist. Oce cofirmed, the chaels are assiged to the playlist ad the item added. t t Delete items by selectig the item ad pressig the Delete key. Rearrage the order by draggig ad droppig items ito ew locatios withi the playlist. To add breaks betwee items: 1. Type Ctrl+B. 2. Select Playlist > Isert > New Break. To add a placeholder i a stadaloe playlist: 1. Do oe of the followig: t Type Alt+Isert. t Right click ad select Isert > New Item. 2. Whe the Isert Placeholder dialog box appears, click OK. 88

89 Workig with Stadaloe Playlists c To delete a stadaloe playlist: 1. Select the playlist i the Playlist Explorer. 2. Press the Delete key. To delete a playlist, it must ot be o air. Ivetory Versioig The ID field i a stadaloe playlist eables users to view (via a drop-dow list) the ivetory available i two ways. By default, all available ivetory for the chael group appears i the drop-dow list whe a user clicks i the ID field. However, with Commad s Playlist Viewer optios, a user ca cofigure the system to display oly those versios of items matchig a defied prefix ad separator. For istace, a ivetory has umerous items with various IDs, but oe item has a video ID called clip. I the ivetory, there are three versios of the item, clip, which are clip-01, clip-02, clip-03. By default the separator is a hyphe, ad the umerical values are the versios. So if a user clicks o the ID field for that item i a stadaloe playlist, the drop-dow list will oly display the three existig versios of the item. If a user clicks o aother item that does ot have aythig i the ID to match the cofigured prefix ad separator, the the etire ivetory will appear i the drop-dow list. To set optios for versioig: 1. Select Tools > Optios. If prompted for a password, you must provide it or cotact your system admiistrator. The Optios dialog box opes. 2. I Category, expad Playlist ad Shotbox Viewers. 89

90 Workig with Stadaloe Playlists 3. Expad Playlist Viewer ad select Ivetory Versioig. 4. Do oe of the followig: t Select Show all ivetory for chael group. t Select Show ivetory with matchig prefix ad separator. The defie the separator ad/or prefix. By default the separator is defied as a hyphe (-). 5. Click OK. 90

91 Workig with Embedded Playlists Workig with Embedded Playlists Avid inews Commad supports embeddig playlists, which eables users to isert oe playlist ito aother oe. I the followig example, a ewsroom producer is settig up a ewscast i which there will be a segmet o sports. The ability to embed playlists eables a user to work o oe rudow without requirig access to aother the perso settig up the sports segmet o loger eeds full producer-level access to the ewscast rudow. Istead, two rudows ca be created: oe for the overall ewscast ad aother for the sports segmet. The ewsroom producer ca embed the sports rudow iside the ews rudow, as show below: Aother example of this workflow is a ewscast that cotais segmets produced at differet locatios. The primary rudow could cotai oe or more embedded rudows from remote sites. A user ca embed playlists from the Commad Workstatio or from the inews Workstatio. Whe usig Commad Workstatio, the playlist ca be embedded oly ito a stadaloe playlist. Whe usig the inews Workstatio, the playlist ca be embedded oly ito a ewsroom rudow, which appears as a ewsroom playlist i Commad oce the moitor server is loaded. For more iformatio o moitor server, see Loadig Rudows to Commad o page

92 Workig with Embedded Playlists To embed a playlist usig Commad: 1. Ope (or create) the cotaier playlist i the Playlist Viewer. 2. Select a playlist you wat to embed from the Playlist Explorer. 3. Drag it to the locatio i cotaier (stadaloe) playlist. It must be dropped before a story, ot a item; otherwise, the system will display a warig to that effect. This ico appears i the cotaier playlist as the system is embeddig the playlist. If a problem occurs, This ico might appear to idicate that the system was uable to embed the playlist, resultig i a error. Mousig over the row referecig the embedded playlist will provide a tooltip with more deatils about the error. A example of a error is: This embedded playlist was deleted. Whe the playlist is successfully embedded, o ico appears, but the color of the top row is differet, as is a matchig bar that cotiues dow the left side to idicate all items icluded as part of the embedded playlist. I the previous example, the embedded playlist is called Special ad cotais four items the first of which is called Chia Trade ad is playig, ad the last of which is called Closig Bell. The cursor is o the last item i the embedded playlist, as idicated by the row s black rectagular outlie. The I-WORLDCUP story is ot part of the embedded playlist, as idicated by the absece of the bar o the left edge. To embed a playlist usig the Avid inews ewsroom computer system: 1. Ope the rudow i which you wat to embed aother rudow. 2. Isert a ew story where you wat the other rudow embedded. 3. I the Title field (usually amed Slug), type EMBED: followed by the pathame of the rudow that you wat to embed. For example: EMBED: SHOWS.6PM.RUNDOWN The EMBED: toke is cofigurable, so check with your system admiistrator. 92

93 Usig Time of Day Playlists c Do ot add machie cotrol evets to the story. Editig Embedded Playlists c Embedded playlists are ot copies of the origial playlist. So, chages made to the actual playlist will appear whe viewig the embedded playlist. Like stories i a inews rudow, embedded playlists ca be moved or floated. Whether editig ca be doe is determied by the type of playlist regardless of whether that playlist is a cotaier for a embedded playlist or the embedded oe itself. Users ca edit a stadaloe playlist (or a discoected ewsroom playlist) from the Commad Workstatio. Newroom playlists locked by the ewsroom computer system must be edited from a workstatio ruig the ewsroom computer system software. If the embedded playlist is a stadaloe playlist, to edit it, you must ope the actual playlist i the Playlist Viewer at a Commad Workstatio. Do ot try to edit it from its embedded locatio. Usig Time of Day Playlists c I Avid inews Commad, playlists ca be set to air at specific times. These playlists are called time of day playlists. The playlist s chael group must be ulocked so the time of day process ca lock it for playout. Otherwise, it will ot occur as scheduled. For example, if the time-of-day playlist shares the same chael group or if it's a differet chael group but it shares a idividual chael with a group that's locked, the time-of-day playlist wo't play. To set a playlist to air at a certai time of day: 1. Ope (or create) a playlist i the Playlist Viewer. 93

94 Usig Time of Day Playlists 2. Select Playlist > Edit > Properties. The Playlist Properties dialog box opes. 3. I the Time of day sectio, select the check box ad set the time you wat Commad to automatically begi playig the playlist. Allow at least thirty secod lead time whe settig up time of day playlists. 4. Click OK. A ew butto will appear o the Playlist toolbar alog with the time the playlist is set to begi. You ca click o the Time of Day butto to ope the Playlist Properties dialog at ay time, such as if you wat to chage the time settig or remove the scheduled time altogether. 94

95 4 Shotbox Viewer The inews Commad iterface provides a pael kow as the Shotbox Viewer, with which users ca view ad maage o-air playout of media for a sigle chael group i ay radom order. For example, a ewscast has segmets with stories arraged to air i a specific order. For this a playlist is used, but what if a portio of the show will cosist of live iterviews? Because the live broadcast is ot scripted, a more flexible arragemet for media playout is ecessary. This is where the Shotbox Viewer pael comes i. Commad supports the use of touch scree moitors, ad Avid recommeds a touch scree moitor for all sites that heavily use shotboxes. This chapter cotais the followig mai sectios: Overview of the Shotbox Viewer - Toolbars - Cofigurig the Chael Toolbar - Customizig the Shotbox Viewer - Customizig the Shotbox Behavior - Customizig the Clocks - Resizig the Shotbox Viewer Creatig a Shotbox Loadig a Shotbox from inews or NRCS Deletig a Shotbox Workig with Chael Groups i a Shotbox - Lockig a Chael Group - Assigig Chaels i a Shotbox - Settig the Graphics Style for a Chael Group

96 Overview of the Shotbox Viewer Overview of the Shotbox Viewer Amog the may capabilities featured i the Shotbox Viewer pael, a user ca: View a set of media items Lock a chael group Cotrol playout of items i ay order for broadcast Pi a media item for playout o a specific chael. The widow ca have differet shotboxes ope simultaeously. All are accessible through tabs located at the top of the Shotbox Viewer pael. The followig illustratio shows three shotboxes ope i the pael, with the o-air oe called 6PM News o top. I the example, thumbails are ot displayed. For more iformatio o how to view shotboxes with thumbails, see Displayig Thumbails i a Shotbox o page 106. I the precedig illustratio, the chael group is AB. Oe item is playig o chael B, two items are cued, ad aother called Hurricae flyover is stopped. Four items are pied to specific chaels. Similar to the Playlist Viewer, the Shotbox Viewer caot be split to view multiple shotboxes simultaeously; oly oe tab ca be viewed at a time. However, items ca be copied or cut ad pasted from oe shotbox to aother so log as the shotboxes use the same chael group. 96

97 Overview of the Shotbox Viewer The appearace ad some behavior of the shotbox is customizable. For more iformatio, see Customizig the Shotbox Viewer o page 100. The cursor appears as a altered border aroud a item i the Shotbox Viewer. For example, i the previous graphic, the cursor is o the F5: Block 1 item, as idicated by a bolder black border. The color specified for the cursor is used for both shotboxes ad playlists. For more iformatio o how to set or modify the cursor s color, see Customizig the Cursor o page 66. To ope a shotbox: t Double-click o a shotbox i the Playlist Explorer. Commad will ope it i the Shotbox Viewer to display the shotbox of media for a specified chael group. By default, the Shotbox Viewer pael opes above the Playlist Viewer area. The Shotbox Viewer ca be moved, resized, ad docked like other paels, eablig the user to customize the widow to suit his or her eeds. Shotboxes are idetified i the Playlist Explorer by their icos. Newsroom playlists that have the word shotbox i the ame ca be loaded to Commad as shotboxes ad therefore will appear with differet icos tha those created i Commad as stadaloe shotboxes. For more iformatio o these icos, see Playlist Explorer o page 184. Toolbars Below each tab is the Shotbox toolbar cotaiig two clocks ad several buttos for playout cotrol, as well as buttos for lockig the chael group or shotbox. With the toolbar, a user at the Commad workstatio ca cue, play, pause, or stop items via the Cotrol buttos. Cotrol buttos allow users to cotrol playout of evets o locked devices i the chael group associated with the loaded shotbox. For more iformatio about the clocks o the Shotbox toolbar, see Customizig the Clocks o page 103. A user caot choose whether to display the Shotbox toolbar. The Chael Group butto represets the chael group that is associated with the loaded shotbox ad is used to lock the chael group for playout cotrol ad ulock it afterward. Ulike playlists, multiple chael groups caot be cofigured for shotboxes, so oly oe Chael Group butto will appear i the Shotbox toolbar. 97

98 Overview of the Shotbox Viewer O the far right side of the Shotbox toolbar is the Lock butto. This lock is obtaied automatically wheever a shotbox is created or opeed. Similar to the Playlist Lock butto, the Lock butto s appearace varies depedig o the status of the shotbox s lock: Ico Descriptio This ico idicates that the shotbox is locked by the user at the Commad Workstatio. Whe locked, the user ca isert, move, or delete items i the shotbox. Clickig it will ulock the shotbox at the workstatio. Whe it is ulocked, the ico will chage to idicate the shotbox is ulocked. This ico idicates that the shotbox is ulocked. Clickig it will lock the shotbox at the Commad Workstatio. This ico idicates that the shotbox is locked by a user at a differet Commad Workstatio. Whe locked by aother user, oly that user ca isert, move, or delete items i the shotbox. Clickig the ico will override the other user s lock. The user must type i the system admiistrator password to override the lock. This ico idicates a uusual lock coditio. Cofigurig the Chael Toolbar Below the Shotbox toolbar is the Chael toolbar, which displays a ico represetig the status of each chael i the chael group. For more iformatio, see Chael Group Icos o page 182. The umber of chaels that appear o the Chael toolbar will vary depedig o the umber of chaels cofigured for the chael group associated with the shotbox. The border aroud the chael o the Chael toolbar idicates the ext chael o which a upied item will be cued. Clickig aother chael o the toolbar ca switch the border to a differet chael. Whe tally is active, the colors of the border ad the toolbar iside the border ca chage. What colors appear are determied by a optio i Commad, which the user ca set. For more iformatio, see Customizig the Chael Toolbar for Tally o page

99 Overview of the Shotbox Viewer Sice the same per-chael status iformatio that appears o the Chael bar is also available o the status bar at the bottom right of the mai widow, a user ca choose whether to display the Chael toolbar. To show or hide the Chael toolbar: 1. Select Tools > Optios. If prompted for a password, you must provide it or cotact your system admiistrator. The Optios dialog box opes. 2. I Category, expad the Playlist ad Shotbox Viewers, the Shotbox Viewer, ad select Toolbars. 3. Do oe of the followig: t Select the Show chael toolbar optio to display the toolbar. t Deselect the Show chael toolbar optio to hide the toolbar. 4. Click OK. 99

100 Customizig the Shotbox Viewer Customizig the Shotbox Viewer Whe first istalled, Avid inews Commad uses default colors ad fots to display iformatio about evets; however users ca customize how that data is displayed o the Shotbox Viewer tabs. For example, a user might wat a uplayable evet to appear i red so that it easily stads out o the scree. Users ca also customize the layout of shotboxes by adjustig other display optios, such as whether to show the video ID or the video item s slug (title). Chages made to the Appearace settigs apply to the Playlist ad Shotbox Viewers; oly a few settigs are ot applicable to shotboxes, such as Story, Embedded Playlist, ad Break etries. To customize the appearace of the Shotbox Viewer: 1. Select Tools > Optios. If prompted for a password, you must provide it or cotact your system admiistrator. The Optios dialog box opes. 2. I Category, expad Playlist ad Shotbox Viewers ad select Appearace. 100

101 Customizig the Shotbox Viewer 3. You ca alter the fot, as well as the color of text ad backgrouds. As you click o each etry i the Playlist sectio, your settigs for that etry will appear i the Sample sectio at the bottom of the dialog box. You ca select ad modify multiple etries simultaeously. 4. (Optioal) Click Apply to save the settigs without closig the dialog box, so further modificatio ca cotiue. The Restore Defaults butto is used to restore all settigs to the system s origial default settigs. 5. Click OK to save the settigs ad close the dialog box. To customize the layout for shotboxes: 1. Select Tools > Optios. If prompted for a password, you must provide it or cotact your system admiistrator. The Optios dialog box opes. 2. I the Mai Label sectio, select whether you wat to display the video s slug or ID, the click Chage to set the fot for that display. A sample of your settigs is provided as a preview. 3. I the Duratio sectio, select whether to display the duratio, ad the click Chage to set the fot for that display. A sample of your settigs is provided as a preview. 101

102 Customizig the Shotbox Viewer 4. (Optioal) Click Apply to save the settigs without closig the dialog box, so further modificatio ca cotiue. 5. Click OK to save the settigs. For more iformatio regardig thumbails i shotboxes, see Displayig Thumbails i a Shotbox o page 106. Customizig the Shotbox Behavior Other features of the Shotbox Viewer that a user ca defie is how the system should behave i regard to auto-assigmet of chaels ad wheever a user clicks o items i a shotbox. To customize the behavior of the Shotbox Viewer: 1. Select Tools > Optios. If prompted for a password, you must provide it or cotact your system admiistrator. The Optios dialog box opes. 2. I Category, expad Playlist ad Shotbox Viewers, the the Shotbox Viewer ad select Behavior. 3. Do oe of the followig or both: 102

103 Customizig the Shotbox Viewer t Set what behavior should occur whe clickig a item: Optio Play o first click Cue o first click, play o secod Descriptio A mouse click o a item i the shotbox will cause it to begi playig o the assiged chael. A mouse click o a item i the shotbox will cause it to cue o the assiged chael. The item would begi playig o that chael with a secod mouse click. t Set what behavior should occur whe chaels are automatically assiged: Optio Oe chael Alteratig chaels Descriptio All upied chaels are automatically assiged to a sigle chael i the chael group. All upied chaels are automatically assiged to alteratig chaels i the chael group. This could be two or more chaels, such as A, B, C, ad D for a video server. 4. Click OK. Customizig the Clocks The clocks o either side of the toolbar ca be hidde or customized to provide certai timig fuctios, which iclude: Time elapsed i clip Time remaiig i clip Each clock s backgroud color, as well as the fot ad color of text, ca be altered from the defaults, which are: black, 24 pt., bold MS Shell Dlg fot o a yellow backgroud. While the fot settig is shared by both clocks, the colors ca be set idepedetly of oe aother. 103

104 Customizig the Shotbox Viewer To chage clock fuctios: 1. Select Tools > Optios. If prompted for a password, you must provide it or cotact your system admiistrator. The Optios dialog box opes. 2. I Category, expad Playlist ad Shotbox Viewers, the Shotbox Viewer, ad select Clocks. 3. Set each clock s behavior, text color, ad backgroud color. 4. To chage the fot used for both clocks, click the Chage butto. 5. Whe fiished modifyig the look ad behavior of the clocks, click OK. Resizig the Shotbox Viewer By default, the Shotbox Viewer splits the mai portio of the Commad widow with Playlist Viewer if both are opeed. A user ca adjust the divisio of the space for the Shotbox ad Playlist Viewers by clickig o the divider bar betwee them ad draggig it up or dow. Commad is desiged to adjust the size of the colums withi the Shotbox Viewer so that o partial colums are show. If the size is adjusted too small, some features will be hidde, such as the ico used to idicate whe a item is pied to a chael. More space is required if thumbails are show i shotboxes. 104

105 Customizig the Shotbox Viewer To resize the boxes i the Shotbox Viewer: 1. Positio the mouse poiter betwee two items. 2. Click ad drag left or right to shrik or elarge the box. The system is desiged to adjust the height wheever the width is modified to maitai aspect ratio of thumbails. The Shotbox Viewer ca also be maximized to fill the etire widow. To maximize the Shotbox Viewer: t Select Shotbox > Maximize. Like other paels i the Commad user iterface, the Shotbox Viewer ca be docked or udocked, as well as layered with other paels. For more iformatio, see Workig with Paels o page

106 Customizig the Shotbox Viewer Displayig Thumbails i a Shotbox Thumbails i Commad are small graphical represetatios of the media, which could be a character geerated graphic or a frame of video. I regard to video, although sometimes referred to as headframes, thumbails are created from withi the first five frames of video ad therefore might or might ot be the first or head frame. For video clips, the marked i time does ot affect the creatio of thumbails, which are created from withi the first five frames of recorded video. The followig is a example of a shotbox with thumbails: I the precedig example, the pael is sized to display three items per row, but that is adjustable. For more iformatio o how to resize the shotbox, see Resizig the Shotbox Viewer o page

107 Creatig a Shotbox To tur o the display of thumbails: 1. Select Tools > Optios. If prompted for a password, you must provide it or cotact your system admiistrator. The Optios dialog box will appear. 2. I Category, expad Playlist ad Shotbox Viewers. 3. Select Shotbox Viewer. 4. Select Show thumbails if you wat to view thumbails of media i the shotbox. 5. Click OK to save settigs. Creatig a Shotbox A shotbox is a set of media items, such as video or character geerated graphics, that ca be played i ay order. You ca create shotboxes from ay Commad Workstatio; however, ulike playlists, there is o ewsroom equivalet. To create a shotbox: 1. Do oe of the followig: t Select File > New > Shotbox. t Type Ctrl+Alt+N. 107

108 Creatig a Shotbox 2. Whe prompted, give the shotbox a ame ad select the chael group. Each shotbox requires oly oe chael group, which will appear i the Shotbox toolbar but ot be locked. For more iformatio, see Lockig a Chael Group o page 112. The ew shotbox will ope with its lock already set ad twelve empty slots for media. More tha twelve ca be added. Each of the first twelve slots aligs to a fuctio key (F1-F12), which ca be used to cue ad play the media. Whe a shotbox opes, the Ivetory pael automatically switches to the chael group for the shotbox. 108

109 Loadig a Shotbox from inews or NRCS To add a item to a shotbox do ay of the followig: t t t Select a sigle item from the Ivetory pael, the drag ad drop it ito the shotbox at the positio to which you wat it to appear. Usig stadard Widows-based keystrokes, copy a item from a playlist that uses the same chael group ad paste it ito the shotbox. Drag ad drop a item (or items) from a playlist that uses the same chael group to the shotbox. Droppig a item oto a slot desigated as a F1-F12 slot will positio the item at that locatio. Droppig a item after those twelve slots will add the item to the shotbox beyod those twelve slots. To add multiple items to a shotbox: t Use the Shift or Ctrl keys ad the mouse to select multiple items i the Ivetory pael, the drag ad drop them ito the shotbox. If usig the Ctrl key ad mouse to select multiple, ocosecutive items from the Ivetory pael, the order i which you click the items determies their arragemet oce you drag ad drop them ito the shotbox. Loadig a Shotbox from inews or NRCS You have the ability to load a shotbox from inews or ENPS. To load a shotbox from inews or NRCS: t Make sure the playlist has the word shotbox i its ame. For example, if you had a inews rudow called SHOW.SHOTBOX.6P, the rudow would appear as a shotbox whe loaded to Commad, with ew icos differetiatig betwee a ormal rudow ad a shotbox. The Commad shotbox still oly supports a sigle chael group. The inews/enps rudow ca oly have oe story, ad all items (video or graphic) must be added to that story. 109

110 Deletig a Shotbox Deletig a Shotbox A user ca delete items from a shotbox or delete a etire shotbox. To delete a item from a shotbox: t Select the item ad press the Delete key. You ca select multiple items for deletio by usig the Shift or Ctrl keys. Deletig a item assiged to a fuctio key will leave that slot empty. The others will ot shift i the shotbox to fill i the slot. Deletig ay item located after the twelve slots associated with fuctio keys will cause items to shift accordigly ad fill i the vacacy. If you wat to force a shift withi the F1-F12 slots, you must hold dow the Shift key whe you delete the item assiged to a fuctio key. To delete a shotbox: 1. Right-click o the shotbox i the Playlist Explorer. 2. Select Delete from the cotext meu. 3. Whe prompted to cofirm deletio, click OK. Workig with Chael Groups i a Shotbox A chael group is a group of oe or more device chaels that might or might ot be across multiple devices. Avid recommeds that each chael group pertais to the same type of device. For istace, a chael group called AS is a groupig of chaels from two or more AirSpeed video servers, while a differet chael group amed CG is a groupig of chaels o a Deko character geerator. I the followig example, a statio has two AirSpeed video servers, each with two chaels that are umbered 2 ad 3. The first AirSpeed is amed AS1 ad the secod oe AS2. With chael groups o Commad, the statio s system admiistrator ca set up umerous differet chael groups ad call them aythig, such as: Chael Group Chael Names Actual Device Chaels Purpose AS-Morig A B C AS1 - chael 2 AS1 - chael 3 AS2 - chael 2 Playout Playout Browse 110

111 Workig with Chael Groups i a Shotbox Chael Group Chael Names Actual Device Chaels Purpose AS-Noo A AS1 - chael 2 Playout B AS1 - chael 3 Playout C AS2 - chael 2 Hotswap AS-5PM A AS1 - chael 2 Playout B AS1 - chael 3 Playout C AS2 - chael 2 Playout D AS2 - chael 3 Playout AS-10PM A AS1 - chael 2 Playout C AS2 - chael 2 Mirrored B AS1 - chael 3 Playout D AS2 - chael 3 Mirrored I the Shotbox Viewer, users ca lock or ulock the chael group. For more iformatio o assigig chaels, see Chagig Chaels o page 133. I the above examples, some chaels are used for actual broadcast while others are reserved for off-air browsig, hotswappig, ad mirrored playout purposes. A hotswap chael takes the place of a stadard playout chael i the group should that chael fail, ad it retais the origial chael s ame for playout purposes. Commad displays a ico o the Chael toolbar to idicate whe a hotswap occurs. For more iformatio, see Chael Group Icos o page 182. Although the hotswap chael i Commad retais the origial ame of the failed chael, it is still a differet physical chael. So, to achieve playout, the perso at the switcher must be aware of its physical chael locatio whe takig the hotswap chael to air. 111

112 Workig with Chael Groups i a Shotbox Lockig a Chael Group Chael group locks pertai to cotrol of playout o chaels i a group. Users ca lock or ulock the chael group for a shotbox from a Commad Workstatio. To lock or ulock a specific chael group: t With the shotbox ope, click the Chael Group butto. The ico o the butto will chage to idicate whether it is locked or ulocked. For more iformatio, see Playlist ad Shotbox Viewer Buttos o page 177. Whe a chael group is locked, the status of those locks o each chael i the group appears o the status bar at the bottom right corer of the widow, if cofigured to be displayed i the user iterface. For more iformatio, see Status Bar o page 26. I the followig illustratio, a closeup of the locked status for both chaels A ad B of a chael group amed AB is show: The per-chael status ca also appear o the Chael toolbar, if cofigured to be displayed i the user iterface. For more iformatio, see Cofigurig the Chael Toolbar o page 98. Replacig a Chael Group i a Shotbox c Avid inews Commad does provide a way for users to replace a shotbox s chael group with aother chael group. Do ot replace a shotbox s chael group if that group is already locked. The replaced group remais locked, but o idicatio of such will appear i the user iterface. Also, do ot replace a shotbox s chael group if the shotbox cotais items from the origial group. If the latter occurs, those items will become uplayable. You ca delete them from the shotbox. You ca also chage the chael group back to restore playability for those items. To replace a shotbox s chael group: 1. Right click o the Chael Group butto i the Shotbox toolbar. 2. Select Replace. 3. Choose aother chael group. 4. Click OK. 112

113 Workig with Chael Groups i a Shotbox Assigig Chaels i a Shotbox For some sites, chaels are automatically assiged whe the shotbox s chael group is locked. Whether this occurs depeds o system settigs i Avid inews Commad. Cotact your system admiistrator for more iformatio. With shotboxes, items ca be automatically assiged to playout o a sigle chael or o alteratig chaels. If cofigured for alteratig chael assigmet, the items i the shotbox will at first appear to be assiged to oe chael, but the user ca select a differet chael to begi with by clickig o the Chael toolbar. Also, the momet a item is played, all other upied items i the shotbox will switch to the ext chael i the group. For more iformatio o how to cofigure shotbox chael assigmet behavior, see Customizig the Shotbox Behavior o page 102. I the followig illustratio, a shotbox is ope i the Shotbox Viewer with the chael group locked (ad thumbails tured off). At first, all chaels appear set to A ad the cursor is o the F1: Hurricae flyover item i the top left corer: 113

114 Workig with Chael Groups i a Shotbox I the followig illustratio, the chaels for all items have switched to B after the user clicked o chael B i the Chael toolbar: 114

115 Workig with Chael Groups i a Shotbox If the user the plays the first item i the shotbox, it will play o chael B, ad the chael assigmet for the rest of the items oe of which are pied will automatically switch to C, the ext chael i the group, as show i the followig illustratio: Piig Chaels Whe a user pis a item s chael i a shotbox that meas the item will play o the pied chael ad ot be affected by ay automatic chael assigmets. To pi a chael: 1. With the cursor positioed o the item, type Ctrl+Alt+* (the asterisko the umeric keypad). 2. Type the chael ame, such as A for chael A, B for chael B, ad so forth. 3. Press Eter. A user ca also use the mouse to click o ad select a chael from each item s drop-dow list; however, care should be take if the shotbox is set to sigle-click play. I such cases where sigle-click play is eabled, the above procedure is preferred. To upi a chael: t With the cursor positioed o the item, type Alt+Shift+* (the asterisk o the umeric keypad) ad press Eter. 115

116 Workig with Chael Groups i a Shotbox Settig the Graphics Style for a Chael Group Graphics styles are system settigs you ca assig to a chael group i a shotbox or playlist. If the oe you are lookig for is ot listed, cotact your system admiistrator to have it added. To set the graphics style for a shotbox: 1. Right-click o the chael group i the Shotbox toolbar. 2. Select Edit Properties for this Shotbox... (This optio will ot appear if you right-click o a chael group associated with a video device.) The Shotbox Chael Group Properties widow opes. 3. Eter the graphics style. 4. Click OK. 116

117 5 inews Itegratio The inews Commad system is a device automatio system for o-air operatios, which ca be itegrated ito the inews ewsroom computer system, or ito aother MOS-eabled ewsroom computer system. The iterface betwee Avid inews Commad ad the Avid inews ewsroom computer system provides for rudow updates betwee the products. Commad ca also operate i a stadaloe eviromet if the Avid inews coectio is lost. This chapter cotais the followig mai sectios: Overview Isertig Machie Cotrol Evets ito Stories - Usig the Deko Select Plug-i - Auto-assigig Media IDs Loadig Rudows to Commad - Loadig ad Uloadig Playlists from inews - Evet List Queue - Composite Queue - Item Status After Load to Commad Chagig Chaels

118 Overview Overview This sectio provides a overview of the Avid inews workspace ad istructios o differet methods for isertig machie cotrol evets ito scripts i inews for the inews Commad system. The Avid inews workspace cosists of three mai paels: Pael Name Directory pael Queue pael Story pael Descriptio The portio of the workspace that displays the directory or file structure of the Avid inews database. The portio of the workspace that displays a list of stories i a queue. Stories are added, deleted, moved, ad ordered through this pael. The portio of the workspace that displays the story text; however, the pael might be split, as show i the figure below, ito the followig three subpaels: Istructio pael for productio cues ad machie cotrol istructios. It appears o the bottom left side o the Story pael. Story Form pael cotaiig fields for data typically appearig i the queue (rudow). It appears across the top of the Story pael. Story Text pael cotaiig the script of a story ad productio cue markers also kow as grommets that coicide with productio cues ad machie cotrol istructios i the Istructio pael. It appears o the bottom right side of the Story pael. The Story Text pael is the oly subpael that always appears; the other two might be removed from view by users at inews Workstatios. 118

119 Isertig Machie Cotrol Evets ito Stories Isertig Machie Cotrol Evets ito Stories Users caot add machie cotrol evets to a ewsroom playlist from a Commad Workstatio. This does ot apply to stadaloe playlists, which could be a discoected ewsroom playlist. For more o how to edit stadaloe playlists, see Workig with Stadaloe Playlists o page 87. For ewsroom playlists, the inews Workstatio provides a scriptig fuctio that places uformatted stories ito a split-scree script format with productio cues, i the left colum (referred to as the Istructio pael) ad story text i the right colum (referred to as the Story Text pael).productio cues might iclude the followig: Take VO, O Camera, Take SOT, Take Live, ad so forth. Whe iterfacig with inews Commad, productio cues i the inews ewsroom computer system might iclude commads for devices, such as character geerators (CGs) ad high-resolutio video servers. By default, Avid inews geerally refers to all video playback devices for istace, Avid AirSpeed video servers as video type devices. A productio cue cotaiig a commad for a device is kow as a machie cotrol evet. Each commad is preceded by a asterisk (*) ad should be writte i a special format. The format for machie cotrol evets, followig the asterisk, starts with a code for the type of device the istructio is for, such as CG for a character geerator or Deko for a Avid Deko graphics system. For Commad, this code ame for the device is the ame of the chael group. After the commad, the format specifies a particular item or template. If additioal commets or iformatio, such as replaceable text, is required it would follow o succeedig lies i the same Productio Cue text box. For example, i inews, a machie cotrol evet for a 2-lie character geerator graphic might look like the oe show below: Istructio Pael Productio Cue Text Box Machie Cotrol Evet for a Character Geerator Story Text Pael 119

120 Isertig Machie Cotrol Evets ito Stories I the above example, the Story pael is split to show both the Istructio ad Story Text paels, but ot the Story Form pael. The Take VO productio cue is iformatio for the director; it is ot a machie cotrol evet. The machie cotrol evet for the character geerator is i the secod Productio Cue text box. Machie cotrol evet formats will vary based o styles set up by your system admiistrator. Check with your system admiistrator for a list of styles used at your locatio. To isert a machie cotrol evet ito a inews story: 1. From a inews Workstatio, ope the script ito the Story pael. 2. Click i the Story pael at the locatio where the productio cue is to be placed. 3. Type Alt+Isert. A Istructio pael appears to the left of the Story Text pael.the Istructio pael has a Productio Cue text box where the cursor is placed so that a productio cue ca be etered. A productio cue marker (also kow as a grommet) is iserted i the script text at the cursor positio. 120

121 Usig the Deko Select Plug-i Auto-assigig Media IDs The default toke ame i Avid inews to request auto-assiged IDs from Commad is ASSIGNID. To auto-assig media IDs from a inews Workstatio: 1. Ope the story from the inews rudow. 2. I the story s Video ID field of the Story Form, type ASSIGNID ad press Eter. Commad will automatically geerate a ID ad sed it back via the inews moitor server so the ID will be displayed i the inews story, replacig the text, ASSIGNID, i the Video ID field. The moitor server (utility program) must be o for the chose inews rudow so it ca establish a coectio to the Avid inews Commuicatio service o the Commad Server. Usig the Deko Select Plug-i Deko Select is a plug-i for a ewsroom computer system s iterface that allows a user, such as a reporter, to drag ad drop graphic templates directly ito the story, as well as alter replaceable text or graphics i the selected template. Ay Deko graphic ca be used as a template for Deko Select if the followig coditios are met: Appropriate layers are desigated as replaceable. Replaceable layers are properly idetified, ordered, ad amed. Default playout chael is desigated. For more iformatio, see the Avid Deko Select Istallatio ad User s Guide. 121

122 Usig the Deko Select Plug-i To access Deko Select at a inews Workstatio: 1. Log i to inews. 2. Select Tools > Optios > Deko Select. The plug-i will ope i a ew workspace withi the inews widow. It might appear at the top (as show) or bottom, depedig o the user s prefereces. Plug-i Tabs Browser Area (showig thumbails) Preview Graphic area Aother plug-i available from Avid is Thuder Select. If both the Deko Select ad Thuder Select plug-is are istalled, the ame that will appear i the Tools > Optios meu will be Avid Graphics Select. Whe chose, both plug-is will ope i the workspace, with each plug-i available via tabs (show) i the upper left corer of the workspace. 122

123 Usig the Deko Select Plug-i Isertig Deko Select Evets ito inews Stories Deko Select evets ca be iserted directly ito the body of a ews story or iserted ito the story form as a primary machie cotrol evet. To isert a Deko evet ito a inews story usig Deko Select: 1. From a inews Workstatio, ope the story i which you wat to isert the Deko evet. 2. (Optioal) Positio cursor i the story where you wat the productio cue marker to be, ad isert it by typig Alt+Isert. 3. With the Deko Select workspace ope i the inews widow, double-click o a template s file ame or thumbail. See Usig the Deko Select Plug-i o page 121 for more iformatio o accessig the Deko Select plug-i. A preview of the template will appear o the bottom right of the workspace. Whe multiple plug-is are istalled, such as Deko Select ad Thuder Select, the workspace is kow as the Avid Graphics Select workspace; the idividual plug-is are the accessible by clickig o tabs available i the upper left corer of the workspace. Plug-i Tabs Replaceable Fields Browser Area (showig file ames) Preview Graphic area Chael List 4. Above the preview, type iformatio ito the replaceable fields as eeded. If default text was icluded i the template, it will appear automatically, but ca be replaced. 5. (Optioal) The selected template displays its default chael assigmet, but a differet chael ca be selected from the Chael list. 123

124 Usig the Deko Select Plug-i 6. (Optioal) To view a larger preview of the curretly selected template with the edited fields, do oe of the followig: t Double-click o the preview graphic. t Click the Full Preview butto. 7. (Optioal) Use the Spell Check butto to check spellig of text i the replaceable fields. If I-lie spellig is eabled, Deko Select will uderlie spellig errors as the user types i the fields. The uderlie will ot appear i the graphic output. 8. (Optioal) Eter I ad Out or Duratio settigs for a tagged evet. A example of a tagged evet is whe a character geerated graphic is set to automatically go o-air at a specific time ad for a specific duratio based o the first video evet of the story. Timecode iformatio specified i the plug-i is forwarded to the Commad Workstatio ad appears i the playlist so that the operator kows whe this automatic evet will occur. Admiistrators at sites that wat to take such evets to air maually ca tur off the automatic fuctioality by modifyig a system settig i Avid inews Commad. For more iformatio, see the Avid inews Commad Istallatio ad Cofiguratio Guide. 9. Whe fiished editig, drag ad drop the preview graphic ito the story. A productio cue marker is iserted i the story s text ad the Deko Select iformatio will appear i the Istructio pael o the left side of the Story pael. The fot will be blue to idicate a machie cotrol evet as opposed to a productio cue. Whe the story is completed ad saved, ay Deko Select evets become part of the story. Whe a rudow s moitor server is loaded, the playlist, icludig ay Deko Select evets will be published to inews Commad. 124

125 Usig the Deko Select Plug-i Droppig evets ito the story form is available oly if the Deko is the primary device, which is usually ot the case whe a video device is also used, such as a AirSpeed video server. To isert a Deko evet ito the story form: 1. From a inews Workstatio, ope the story i which you wat to isert the Deko Select evet. 2. With the Deko Select workspace ope i the inews widow, select a Deko Select evet from the Preview Graphic area ad drag it to the Story Form pael i the inews workspace. See Overview o page 118 for more iformatio o the Story Form pael. You do ot have to drop the evet oto a specific field i the form. Editig Deko Select Evets ito inews Stories After a Deko evet is iserted ito a inews story, data i the replaceable fields ca be edited. To edit the replaceable fields of a Deko Select evet i a inews story: 1. Ope the story ad do oe of the followig: t Double-click the Productio Cue text box cotaiig the machie cotrol evet, displayed i the Istructio pael. t With the cursor i the Productio Cue text box, press Eter. Whe the Deko Select plug-i opes, a image of the template will appear as a preview graphic, above which the curret cotets of the replaceable fields will be displayed. 2. (Optioal) Chage the backgroud by pressig Eter ad selectig aother oe. 3. Edit the replaceable fields as eeded. 4. (Optioal) Edit the I, Out, ad Duratio time. 5. Set the chael, if eeded. 6. Click Apply to save without exitig the plug-i or OK to save ad exit the plug-i. The edited graphic will replace its previous versio i the story. 125

126 Usig the Deko Select Plug-i Creatig Multi-Triggered Graphics Commad supports a automated, multi-triggered graphics workflow that lets users specify I times ad duratios for graphics via the Deko Select plug-i i inews, ad have Commad sed Play ad Eject commads whe the story s video reaches the appropriate times. To create multi-triggered graphics: 1. From a inews Workstatio, create the graphic item with the Deko Select plug-i, settig the I time the time of the first trigger ad also specifyig the duratio, which is whe the item should be ejected. 2. Create the secod graphic item, settig the I time for whe the secod trigger should be set. The duratio eeds to be set to zero (0). 3. Cotiue as eeded, creatig ay additioal items to cover the remaiig triggers. The duratio eeds to be set to zero (0). The followig illustratio shows a example of a multi-triggered graphic with three fields of fulfillmet data created with the Deko Select plug-i as it would appear as a machie cotrol commad i the Istructio pae of a Avid inews story. I the example, the I ad Out times are show, rather tha the duratio. The item s first trigger is at 5 secods, the secod at 10 secods, the third at 15 secods. The followig illustratio shows the same graphic as it appears i Commad after the ewsroom playlist is loaded. The first item is the oly oe that appears active. The secod ad third items are igored. 126

127 Loadig Rudows to Commad The appearace of these items i the playlist may be customized. For more iformatio, see Customizig the Playlist Viewer o page 62. The item plays at 5 secods (the first trigger), the goes to a Pause state to idicate that there are additioal triggers, as show i the followig illustratio. The subsequet triggers i the example will happe at 10 ad 15 secods, after which the item will go to a Doe state ad the eject at 25 secods. Loadig Rudows to Commad This sectio provides some basic user iformatio about the Avid inews moitor server, which is used to load inews rudows to Commad. The moitor server is ot a actual part of Avid inews Commad software, but is a utility program o the inews Server. For inews Commad, it is used to sca stories i the inews rudow, check that show s evet requests for errors, ad search for machie cotrol evets to build evet lists (playlists) for the productio devices. It cotiues moitorig the rudow for chages to machie cotrol evets ad seds them to the inews Commad system util the show goes off the air. The system admiistrator must set up moitor servers o inews Servers to esure proper itegratio betwee Avid inews Commad ad a inews ewsroom computer system. The moitor server is tured o whe a user at a inews Workstatio turs it o. Whe o, moitor server checks its assiged rudow for machie cotrol evets, ad builds playlists. It cotiues to moitor the rudow for chages ad performs as much error checkig as it ca without commuicatig with ay broadcast equipmet, icludig Commad. The moitor server loads data to the Commad system whe a user istructs it to do so from a inews Workstatio. It is recommeded that producers or productio assistats tur the moitor server o as show time approaches so it ca check the rudow queue throughout much of the show s developmet. Moitor server scas through the scripts ad builds Evet Lists for CG ad video if these evets are preset i the scripts. Moitor server will also create a Composite list if cofigured to do so. Istructig the moitor server to load data should be doe later, such as just before takig the show to air. 127

128 Loadig Rudows to Commad Loadig ad Uloadig Playlists from inews The moitor server is used to moitor playlists before broadcastig, load ewsroom playlists to Commad ad uload them. To load a playlist from Avid inews to Commad, usig the moitor server: 1. Log i to a inews Workstatio. 2. Ope the appropriate rudow i the Queue pael. 3. Select Tools > Moitor. The Moitor dialog box opes. The system displays the curret status for ad ame of all devices available for the opeed rudow. The duratio (or automatic quit time, if cofigured) appears at the bottom of the dialog box. For more iformatio, see Duratio o page

129 Loadig Rudows to Commad 4. Select a moitor mode based o the followig optios: Optio O Load Uload Off Descriptio Turs the moitor server o ad creates a evet list for each device i the rudow queue. Istructs the moitor server to load evet lists to devices you select. See Moitor LOAD o page 130 for more iformatio. Discoects from the selected device or server without turig the moitor server off. (If all devices/servers are uloaded, the moitor server returs to the O mode. See Moitor Off ad Uload o page 131 for more iformatio. Turs the moitor server off, overridig the Duratio settig. See Moitor Off ad Uload o page 131 for more iformatio. If you select Load, specify the device or server to load from the Devices list, or select the All Devices checkbox to load all devices associated with the rudow queue. To select up to three devices from the list, without selectig all, press the Ctrl key while you click o each item. If you select a server, the data will be loaded to all devices associated with that server. 129

130 Loadig Rudows to Commad Duratio Moitor server uses a large amout of system resources. If moitor servers are left o after the ed of their shows, they could degrade the efficiecy of the Avid inews system. To protect system resources, a quit time or a duratio ca be set by the system admiistrator. A quit time will automatically switch off the moitor server at the specified time, esurig the itegrity of the system. A duratio will automatically switch off the moitor server after the allotted time is achieved. However, for the best results, Avid recommeds that moitor servers be maually tured off at the ed of each show. If cofigured, the quit time or duratio time appears at the bottom of the Moitor dialog box. The moitor server s quit time or duratio is determied by cofiguratio settigs i the SYSTEM.MAP story of inews. For more iformatio, see the inews documetatio for system admiistratio ad cofiguratio. Moitor LOAD Before Commad is able to view the list of machie cotrol evets (kow as items i Commad) i a inews rudow ad cotrol those evets for playback, they must be loaded from the rudow i inews. For more iformatio o usig moitor server to load evets from a ewsroom rudow to inews Commad, see Loadig Rudows to Commad o page 127. Evets are loaded from Avid inews to Commad ad the commuicated to appropriate devices. After Commad receives the etire list, it will otify the user that it has received the list by sedig a message to the inews Workstatio. Cofirmatio messages might look like the followig: LIST RECEIVED SHOW.5P.Rudow SHOW.5P.RUNDOWN: Dowload Complete If the moitor server is ot o, loadig evets will automatically switch the moitor server o. 130

131 Loadig Rudows to Commad Moitor Off ad Uload Moitor Off is used after the show is over. Switchig the moitor server off stops the system from scaig scripts for updates ad sedig those updates to Commad. If a user at a Commad Workstatio discoects the show, the broadcast ca cotiue with playout cotrolled from that workstatio istead of the ewsroom computer system; however, o updates to the rudow from Avid inews will be received i Commad ad o chages to the discoected playlist are set to inews. Turig the moitor server off, back o, ad loadig it will create a ew ewsroom playlist i the Playlist Explorer, which will bear the same ame as the origial discoected playlist. Moitor Uload clears the playlist, if Commad has ot discoected it from the show, but cotiues to sca the scripts ad update the evet lists with chages. Turig off the moitor server while the chael groups for the rudow are still locked i Commad creates a discoected playlist. Such discoected playlists must be maually deleted by the user. Evet List Queue After the moitor server is o for a few secods, evet lists are built. I inews, the Evet List queues each oe represetig a differet chael group are geerally built i the same folder as the rudow, such as: Rudow:SHOW.6PM.RUNDOWN CG Evet List:SHOW.6PM.CG Video Evet List:SHOW.6PM.VIDEO The ame of the evet list queue i inews must match the ame of the chael group i Commad for evets to appear. Ay script or rudow chages will be picked up automatically by the moitor server, which will the make the appropriate chages i the evet lists. All chages must be made i the rudow queue, ot i the evet build queues. 131

132 Loadig Rudows to Commad The followig figure shows a CG evet queue for a rudow, listig the CGs for that show: Composite Queue It is possible to cofigure Avid inews to also create a Composite List queue. This is a sigle queue that cotais a list of all machie cotrol evets for all chael groups (for all devices associated with a rudow) that are required durig the show. This list represets what will be see o the ewsroom playlist at a Commad Workstatio. The Composite List Queue is usually foud i the same folder as the rudow, such as: Composite List Queue:SHOW.6PM.COMPOSITE 132

133 Chagig Chaels Item Status After Load to Commad Playability is show i Commad through a variety of icos that appear i the Playlist Explorer ad Playlist Viewer. For a quick referece o what each ico meas, see Ico ad Butto Quick Referece o page 177. Chagig Chaels Chael assigmet ca be accomplished from either a Commad Workstatio or a inews Workstatio. I inews, depedig o how a rudow is cofigured, there are multiple locatios where chael assigmet is displayed ad therefore a variety of ways to assig chaels or chage chael assigmets. Chael Colum Chael Field i Story Form 133

134 Chagig Chaels To assig chaels i inews: t Do oe of the followig: - Type the chael ame, such as A, B, or C, i the Chael colum of the rudow opeed i the Queue pael. - Type the chael ame i the Chael field of story s Story Form pael. - Type Shift-Alt-C ad eter the chael i the Assig Chael dialog box, the click OK. For more iformatio o how to chage chaels from a Commad Workstatio, see Assigig Chaels i Playlist Viewer o page 84 ad Assigig Chaels i a Shotbox o page

135 6 Workig with Stories I Avid inews Commad, whe a ewsroom playlist is loaded, it presets the machie cotrol evets grouped by story accordig to the order of the rudow from which it was loaded. Durig the fial preparatios ad as a show goes to air, that order might chage as producers add, remove, or rearrage stories i the rudow to reflect the chagig demads of late-breakig ews ad productio developmets. While a ewsroom playlist is locked to the rudow i inews, updates will appear i both the rudow ad the playlist wheever a chage is made at a inews Workstatio. While the ewsroom computer system retais the playlist lock, chages caot be made to the ewsroom playlist from a Commad Workstatio. However, if a stadaloe playlist is created at a Commad Workstatio or if a ewsroom playlist is discoected from the rudow ad the lock obtaied from a Commad Workstatio, the chages to the stories i those playlists ca be doe from the Commad Workstatio. This chapter cotais the followig mai sectios: Isertig New Stories Deletig Stories Updatig Stories Rearragig Stories Floatig & Ufloatig Stories

136 Isertig New Stories Isertig New Stories New stories ca be iserted i a discoected ewsroom playlist at a Commad Workstatio. Sice stadaloe playlists ca cotai items oly, stories are ot ecessary. Therefore, by default, the system s settigs do ot permit stories i ewly created stadaloe playlists. However, should you wat the ability to use stories i a stadaloe playlist, the feature ca be eabled so that ay ewly created playlist would cotai oe story ad permit the additio of more. For more iformatio, see the procedure i Customizig the Playlist Viewer o page 62. To isert a ew story i a playlist i Commad: 1. Positio the cursor i the playlist o a story, ot a item. If a user attempts to isert a ew story before a item, the system will display a warig istructig the user to isert the story before aother pre-existig story. 2. Do oe of the followig: t Press Ctrl+N. t Select Playlist > Isert > New Story. The Create New Story dialog box opes. 3. Eter the ame for the ew story. 4. Click OK or press Eter. 136

137 Deletig Stories Deletig Stories c Stories ca be deleted i two ways: From a stadaloe or discoected ewsroom playlist at a Commad Workstatio. From a rudow at a inews Workstatio. Deletig a story From a rudow at a inews Workstatio ca be accomplished eve after the show s ewsroom playlist has bee loaded to Commad. To delete a story from a stadaloe or discoected ewsroom playlist: 1. At a Commad Workstatio, select the story you wat to remove. 2. Do oe of the followig: t Select Playlist > Edit > Delete. t Press Delete. Deletig a story i a stadaloe playlist will remove all items (sometimes called evets) i that story from the playlist. To delete a story from a rudow: 1. At a inews Workstatio, select the story you wat to remove by clickig o the selector butto to the left of the story. 2. Do oe of the followig: t Select Edit > Kill. t Press Delete. 3. Whe the cofirmatio dialog box opes. Click OK. Deletig a story from a rudow (ad therefore from its ewsroom playlist) does ot delete the story ad its machie cotrols evets from the ewsroom computer system s database. It oly removes the story from appearig i the show s rudow ad ewsroom playlist. 137

138 Updatig Stories Updatig Stories Although a show s ewsroom playlist is loaded to Commad, updates to a story i the rudow ca still occur, such as the eed to add or alter a machie cotrol evet. For ewsroom playlists i which the playlist lock is retaied by the inews ewsroom computer system, updatig ca be accomplished oly from a inews Workstatio, uless the ewsroom playlist is discoected from the ewsroom ad therefore becomes a stadaloe playlist locked by the Commad Workstatio. For more iformatio, see Isertig Machie Cotrol Evets ito Stories o page 119. Updatig the text i the body of a story must be doe from the ewsroom computer system ad ot Commad. For more iformatio about editig inews stories, see the Itroductio to the inews Workstatio Traiig Maual available o the Avid Kowledge Base. Editig a Item s Media ID Whe media is created, a uique idetifier is assiged to it to distiguish it from other media i the Commad ivetory. This ID appears i the ID colum of a playlist wheever a item is iserted ito the playlist, but a user ca maually modify the ID from the Playlist Viewer. c To edit the media ID: 1. Do oe of the followig: t Double click o the field i the ID colum. t Select Playlist > Edit > Edit Media ID. 2. Do oe of the followig: t Use the Up or Dow Arrow keys o your keyboard to select from the list. t Click ad select from the list. t Type a ew ID. Selectig from the list ca reduce the risk of mistypig a ID. Cautio should be take whe editig ay item s media ID. 3. Click elsewhere o the playlist or press Eter o the mai keyboard. It s oly at this poit that the media ID is saved. 138

139 Rearragig Stories Rearragig Stories Chagig ad updatig the order i which stories appear i the course of a show is a frequet task for a show s producer. As ew stories develop ad urget bulletis come i, a producer must decide the sequece i which stories should appear i the course of a ews program ad update the show s rudow accordigly. c The itegratio betwee Commad ad the Avid inews ewsroom computer system provides for seamless commuicatio regardig the chages that occur i the inews rudow ad the order of evets i the ewsroom playlist i Commad. Whe the order of stories i a show is altered after the moitor server has loaded its playlist to Commad, the order of evets associated with each story is also rearraged accordigly. This updatig occurs i ewsroom rudows for which the playlist lock is retaied by the ewsroom system. If the playlist is discoected from the ewsroom rudow, the updates will o loger be commuicated betwee Commad ad inews, or vice versa. To rearrage stories i a stadaloe or discoected ewsroom playlist: 1. At a Commad Workstatio, select the story. The system will select all items associated with the story. Multiple rows ca be selected ad iclude stories, playlist refereces, items, ad breaks. If the selectio cotais oly items, the user must isert them oly where items ca be placed. If the selectio cotais a story, break, or playlist referece, it must be pasted where such row types ca be iserted for istace, ot betwee items. The system issues a alert whe a iappropriate cut-ad-paste or drag-ad-drop actio occurs. 2. Drag the story from its curret locatio to its ew locatio withi the playlist. A drop idicator, which appears as a solid lie betwee rows, will show where the copied selectio will be dropped withi the playlist whe you release the mouse butto. The color of the drop idicator varies depedig o customizatio. For more iformatio, see Customizig the Cursor o page 66. For stadaloe playlists, Avid inews Commad provides the stadard copy ad paste fuctioality as optios i the Playlist > Edit meu as well as via keystroke combiatios, such as Ctrl+C ad Ctrl+V. The system always attempts to paste above the curret cursor locatio. To rearrage stories i a inews rudow: 1. From a inews Workstatio, select the story i the rudow by clickig the selector butto to the left of the story. (To select multiple stories, hold the Ctrl key dow first.) 2. Drag ad drop the story s butto to its ew locatio withi the rudow. 139

140 Floatig & Ufloatig Stories Floatig & Ufloatig Stories The Avid inews system provides producers with a way to float stories whe they are usure where they should go i the rudow, if at all. Floatig stories ca oly be accomplished from the inews Workstatio, ot a Commad Workstatio. However, if the rudow s playlist is already loaded to Commad, the floatig a inews story removes it, icludig ay associated machie cotrol evets, from the ewsroom playlist i Commad. Floated stories appear i the inews rudow i a differet color (usually blue text) tha other stories, ad their times are removed from the rudow s show timig. To float a inews story: 1. From a inews Workstatio, select the story i the rudow by clickig the selector butto to the left of the story. 2. Select Story > Float. To ufloat a story, repeat the above procedure. Commad prevets items that are i a Doe state from beig removed from the ewsroom playlist util the Doe state has bee cleared. This meas graphic items that have bee played but ot yet ejected will ot be removed from the ewsroom playlist i Commad whe a story is floated from the inews rudow. Commad oly keeps the Doe item; all other items i the story are removed. After the Doe item is ejected, that item ad the remaiig story is removed from the playlist. This protectio also applies to video items durig the hold last frame period. 140

141 7 Commad Tablet Applicatio The Commad tablet applicatio is a ative user iterface desiged to ru o your ipad mobile device ad eable direct, secure access to your statio s ewsroom computer system. The followig mai topics describe basic user iformatio about the mobile device ad applicatio. Coectio Basics - The ipad - Settig up Your First Coectio Settig up Your First Coectio - Viewig Commad Settigs Startig the Commad Tablet Applicatio The Sidebar ad View Area Lockig or Ulockig Shotbox Chael Groups Workig with Shotboxes i Tablet Applicatio - Workig with Graphic Items Coectio Basics You ca use the Commad tablet applicatio to cotrol playout from aywhere there is a wireless coectio. There are various types of coectios available whe usig the Commad tablet applicatio: WiFi Carrrier specific cellular service (such as 3G) The applicatio is desiged to automatically select the first available coectio from the list of optios accordig to the priority show i the list.

142 Settig up Your First Coectio The ipad Before usig the Commad tablet applicatio, familiarize yourself with key features of the touch-scree tablet o which the applicatio is ru. There are very few exterior buttos o the ipad. Most avigatio is accomplished with touch gestures o the scree, such as touchig a ico to start a applicatio. Swipig your figertip across the scree ca avigate you to other pages of additioal applicatio icos or do somethig etirely differet withi a applicatio. Butto Descriptio The Home butto wakes the tablet whe it is sleepig ad exits applicatios, returig you to the home scree. Remember, the more applicatios that you have ruig, the more memory ad battery power your tablet uses. To optimize the performace of your tablet, try to close applicatios whe you are fiished with them. Settig up Your First Coectio The first time you use the Commad tablet applicatio, some setup is required. You must create a coectio by providig specific iformatio. The followig procedure is provided for first-time users of the Commad tablet applicatio. If you already have at least oe coectio ad are watig to create aother ew oe, see Viewig Commad Settigs o page

143 Settig up Your First Coectio To create a ew coectio: 1. Start the Commad tablet applicatio. If this is your first time, your oly coectio optio will be to Create New. 2. Tap Create New. The New Coectio iformatio will appear. 3. Fill i the requested data accordig to the followig table. Settig Descriptio Name This is the ame of the coectio to your Commad system, such Studio A. Hostame Port This is the ame of the Commad server or the computer ruig the Avid Remote Commuicatio Service. This is the port o the server. 4. Tap Doe. If you save the above settigs, the attempt to coect, ad receive a message statig that your tablet has ot bee authorized, cotact your system admiistrator to have coectio from your device to the Commad workgroup authorized. 143

144 Settig up Your First Coectio Viewig Commad Settigs The Commad tablet applicatio lets users create multiple coectios via the Commad Settigs, which ca also be used to defie other cofiguratio optios as well. 144

145 Settig up Your First Coectio The followig table provides iformatio o the settigs available for you to cofigure. Except for the first, which is vital for coectio to your Commad workgroup, the rest of the settigs pertai to the look ad behavior of the applicatio. Settig Descriptio Coectios This sectio displays ay coectios already created ad gives the optio to create ew coectios. Before you ca coect the first time, your site s system admiistrator must authorize your mobile device to coect to the ewsroom system s Commad workgroup. Item Descriptio Orietatio Item Resizig Video Pause Cotrol Choose whether you wat the item s slug or ID to be displayed. Lets you lock the device s scree orietatio to ladscape, portrait, or allow the device to auto-rotate betwee the two depedig o how you hold the tablet. Turs o or off the pich-to-resize feature of the touch scree tablet as it relates to resizig item cells withi the Commad tablet applicatio. Choose whether you wat to see the Pause ico whe video items are playig. This should oly get tured o if you ited to pause video To view or modify Settigs at ay time from withi the tablet applicatio: t Tap the Settigs ico. 145

146 Startig the Commad Tablet Applicatio Startig the Commad Tablet Applicatio Whe the Commad tablet applicatio is istalled o your touch-scree tablet, a ico represetig the applicatio is also istalled. To start the applicatio ad coect to your system: 1. Tap the Commad ico. The Coect scree will appear. If this is the first time you have ever started the applicatio, you will see Create New as your oly coectio optio. For more iformatio, see Settig up Your First Coectio o page Select the system (if there is more tha oe) ad tap the Coect butto. Whe you are coected, a list of existig shotboxes will appear i the sidebar. While the Avid inews Commad tablet applicatio is ope, it will prevet the tablet from shuttig dow, regardless of ay auto-lock settig. To view the help system: t Tap the Help ico. To exit the applicatio: 1. Press the Home butto. 2. Select Close. 146

147 The Sidebar ad View Area The Sidebar ad View Area After you coect to Commad with the Commad tablet applicatio, you ca view the sidebar, located alog the left side of the scree whe displayed, ad use it to access various shotboxes. Use the Show/Hide butto to toggle the display of the sidebar. The look of this butto chages depedig o the display status of the sidebar. Butto Descriptio Tap this butto to display the sidebar. Tap this butto to hide the sidebar. Shotboxes are oly created at a Commad Workstatio. While it is possible from a workstatio to create shotboxes that have multiple chaels, the chael is ot displayed i the tablet applicatio. To avoid cofusio, Avid strogly recommeds creatig shotboxes that cotrol oly oe chael. I the tablet applicatio, existig shotboxes are listed i the sidebar. 147

148 Lockig or Ulockig Shotbox Chael Groups Differet icos are used to distiguish betwee the various types of shotboxes available i Commad. Whe you ope a shotbox, the ico represetig that type of shotbox will also appear i the title bar of the view area. Ico Descriptio This ico represets a stadaloe shotbox. This ico represets a coectio to a inews shotbox. This ico represets a discoected inews shotbox. This ico represets a coectio to a MOS-based shotbox. This ico represets a discoected MOS-based shotbox. Items i a chose shotbox are displayed to the right of the sidebar i what is called the view area. The ame of the chose shotbox appears i a title bar across the top. Lockig or Ulockig Shotbox Chael Groups From the Commad tablet applicatio, you ca lock a shotbox chael group, see if the chael group is locked by aother user, ad eve override a chael group lock. The followig table shows the various icos used to idicate whether the chael group is locked by you, by someoe else, or is ulocked. Ico Descriptio Ulocked ico the chael group is ot locked. Locked ico the chael group is locked by you. Other Lock ico the chael group is locked by someoe else. 148

149 Workig with Shotboxes i Tablet Applicatio To lock a chael group: t Touch ad hold the Ulocked ico, located i the title bar of the view area. You will see the ico chage to the Locked ico ad hear a soud whe the chael group lock is egaged. To ulock a chael group: t Touch ad hold the Locked ico, located i the title bar of the view area. You will see the ico chage to the Ulocked ico ad hear a soud whe the chael group is ulocked. To override a chael group lock: 1. Touch ad hold the Other Lock ico, located i the title bar of the view area. 2. Cofirm your request to override the existig lock o the chael group. Workig with Shotboxes i Tablet Applicatio From the Commad tablet applicatio, you ca cue, play, pause, ad eject items from a shotbox. Touch a item i a shotbox to select it ad view the trasport cotrols. Trasport Cotrol Descriptio Tap the Cue cotrol to cue a item i a shotbox. Tap the Play cotrol, which appears cetered over the shotbox image, to play a item i a shotbox. Tap the Pause cotrol, which if eabled appears cetered over the shotbox image, to pause play of a item i a shotbox. Tap the Eject cotrol to eject a item from a shotbox. Trasport cotrols oly appear whe the shotbox chael group is locked. For more iformatio, see Lockig or Ulockig Shotbox Chael Groups o page

150 Workig with Shotboxes i Tablet Applicatio All items i a shotbox must be added or deleted from a Commad Workstatio. Neither ca be doe from the tablet applicatio; however, you ca rearrage the order of shotbox items that you view from the tablet applicatio ad do so idepedetly from the workstatio shotbox. If you remove ad reistall the Commad tablet applicatio to your mobile device, shotbox items will revert back to the order set i the Commad Workstatios, ad the device will eed be reauthorized by your system admiistrator. New items added to a shotbox from a workstatio will appear at the bottom of the shotbox items i the view area of the tablet applicatio, ad a yellow Plus ico appears located i the title bar of the view area util the scree is scrolled. To rearrage item(s) i a shotbox: 1. Touch ad hold the item you wat to move. 2. Drag your figertip to a ew locatio i the shotbox where you wat to put the item. The item will be dropped ito the ew locatio whe you lift your figertip from the tablet s touch scree. Ay item i the destiatio locatio will be moved dow, right, or left to make room for the item you move. 150

151 Workig with Shotboxes i Tablet Applicatio The followig illustratio demostrates the movig of a item from the far right positio of the first row to the middle of the secod row. I this example, the item located i the destiatio positio would move left, ad the first item o the secod row would move up to the far right side of the first row to accommodate the rearragemet. 151

152 Workig with Shotboxes i Tablet Applicatio To play a item: 1. Select the item you wat to play. Oce selected, the item will have a thi yellow outlie ad show the trasport cotrols. Whe cued, the border aroud the video item turs yellow. 152

153 Workig with Shotboxes i Tablet Applicatio 2. Tap the Play cotrol. While a video item is playig, the border appears red, ad the cout up ad cout dow clocks will roll. If eabled, the Pause cotrol will also appear cetered i the box, ad its circular outlie will chage color to show the progress of the playig item. To pause playig video: t Tap the Pause cotrol. Whe paused, the border appears blue, the clocks stop, ad the Play cotrol will also appear cetered i the box. Its circular outlie that chages color to show progress will also freeze at the curret positio of status. You ca tap the Play cotrol to resume playout of the video item. To eject fiished video: t Tap the Doe ico to eject the item. 153

154 Workig with Shotboxes i Tablet Applicatio Whe a video or graphics item fiishes playig, Commad presets a Doe ico, as show i the followig illustratio Workig with Graphic Items The Commad tablet applicatio uses colors to idicate trasport status for graphic items as well as video i shotboxes. For istace, whe a graphic item is cued, the border turs yellow. 154

155 Workig with Shotboxes i Tablet Applicatio To play a graphic item: 1. Tap the Play cotrol. If there are o multiple triggers i the graphic, oce played, the item goes ito a Doe state as idicated by a red border. Multi-triggered graphic items automatically go ito a Pause state, idicated by a blue border ad the appearace of the Play cotrol cetered i the box. To play the ext trigger, tap the Play cotrol. Whe uplayable, the border aroud the item turs pik. Whe there is a error, the border aroud the item turs purple. 155

156 8 Playout Cotrol Playout cotrol through Avid inews Commad varies from site to site depedig o workflow. Some televisio statios might wat to cotrol playout through the software s graphical user iterface, while others choose to use USB or GPI keypads. This chapter cotais the followig mai sectios: UI Cotrolled - Playout Media from Commad Workstatio - Resolvig a Mismatch - Disablig the Keyboard at the Commad Workstatio Loopig ad Follow-o Playout USB Keypad Cotrolled - Chael-Specific Actios GPI Cotrolled Togglig Betwee GPI ad UI Cotrol

157 UI Cotrolled UI Cotrolled Playout cotrol from a Commad Workstatio ca be accomplished through the use of the tabbed workspace kow as the Playlist Viewer. This sectio provides details o cotrollig playout from the Playlist Viewer. Playout cotrol ca also be doe via the Shotbox Viewer. For more iformatio, see Toolbars o page 97. While some fuctioality is described i this sectio, for additioal iformatio o such features as customizatio optios, see Playlist Viewer o page 53. Commad uses various icos, as well as customizable colors, to idicate the status of machie cotrol evets (items) i the playlist. Some of these are show below: Cursor locatio ca appear solid or as a outlie; varies by field. Ico represetig a Follow-O Playout evet. Ico represetig a Looped evet. This evet is cued. This evet is uavailable. This evet will loop twice. 157

158 UI Cotrolled Aother possible ico is called a mismatch ico, which is used to war users wheever two or more video devices i a chael group cotai differet versios of the same clip. Other possible icos idicate whe video is oly available o the primary video server or the mirrored backup. For more iformatio o the various icos for playlists, see Ico ad Butto Quick Referece o page 177. For more iformatio o what to do i the evet of a mistmatch, see Resolvig a Mismatch o page 159. If a third-party video device is beig cotrolled via the Avid Video device service (usig VDCP), the playlist i Commad will reflect status of items o that device a uavailable item promptly chages to available oce it is trasferred to the device regardless of whether the device s ivetory is show i the Ivetory pael. Playout Media from Commad Workstatio Users ca cue, play, pause or stop the playout of media from a Commad Workstatio, usig the Cotrol buttos o the Playlist toolbar or keys o the umeric keypad. For iformatio o the buttos, see Toolbars o page 56. The Cotrol buttos are also available i the Shotbox Viewer, which is explaied i Shotbox Viewer o page 95. Also see Toolbars o page 97. To cotrol playout, usig the umeric keypad o a keyboard: 1. Select the evet i the playlist. 2. Do oe of the followig: t Press the Decimal key (.) to cue the media. t Press Eter to play the media. t Press the Plus key (+) to pause the media. t Press zero (0) to stop playig the media. Playout optios are also available by right-clickig o the evet ad selectig the optios from the Playout submeu. 158

159 UI Cotrolled Resolvig a Mismatch Avid inews Commad provides a idicator i both playlists ad shotboxes to war users whe two devices i a chael group have differet versios of the same media. This situatio could result i the broadcast of either versio depedig o which chael is used at the time. A example of how this situatio might occur is: You have two video servers i a chael group. Let s call them Video A ad Video B. Both have a video clip called Clip C. As log as Clip C is ot playig at the time a ew versio of the video comes i, it will be updated o both servers without issue. However, if Clip C is playig o Video A whe a ew versio comes i, the system caot update the o-air copy. It ca oly update the versio o the Video B server. The two versios are ow mismatched. The followig illustratio shows a closeup of a couple of mismatched video items, called Petago ad Chia Trade, i a playlist. The cursor is o the first item: The followig illustratio shows the same two items i a shotbox: 159

160 UI Cotrolled To view more details about the mismatch: 1. Do oe of the followig: t Select the item i the playlist ad type Ctrl+I. t Select the item i the shotbox ad type Ctrl+Alt+I. t Right-click o the item i the shotbox or playlist ad select Show > Ivetory. 2. The Ivetory pael will switch to the proper chael group ad display the details of the mismatched item. View the last modificatio times ad dates to determie which video is the latest. 3. Reload that video whe you are certai that the clip is ot o-air or playig o ay of the devices i that chael group. Disablig the Keyboard at the Commad Workstatio Some sites use alterative devices to cotrol playout from Commad, such as a GPI device or a X-keys USB keypad, ad therefore do ot wat the computer keyboard at the workstatio eabled. Users at some sites might wat to keep the keyboard available as a alterative should the eed to switch betwee GPI ad UI cotrol arise. Commad provides a quick ad easy way to do this via a meu optio or keystroke combiatio. For more iformatio, see Togglig Betwee GPI ad UI Cotrol o page

161 UI Cotrolled To eable or disable the keyboard: 1. Select Tools > Optios. If prompted for a password, you must provide it or cotact your system admiistrator. The Optios dialog box will appear. 2. I Category, select Keyboard. 3. Do oe of the followig: t Select Eable keyboard. t Deselect Eable keyboard. 4. Click Apply. 5. Click OK. If the keyboard is disabled, the umeric keypad caot be used to cotrol playout from the Commad Workstatio. Disablig the keyboard does ot affect the use of the keyboard for software o the workstatio PC urelated to the Commad cliet software. 161

162 Loopig ad Follow-o Playout Loopig ad Follow-o Playout Loopig is the repeated playig of a media evet for either a specified umber of times or idefiitely, which is cotiuous util maually stopped. Avid inews Commad provides users with a way to loop a specific item withi a playlist or a etire playlist. Loop cout ca be set from a inews or Commad Workstatio. After loopig is set, a Loopig ico is displayed alog with the curret cout ad total umber of loops i a X/Y format, where X equals the curret cout ad Y equals the total loop cout set for the item. For example, whe Commad displays 3/5, that meas the item is i its third of five loops. Users caot cue aother item util the last loop has started; Commad will show a alert. Also, item loopig is ot supported i embedded playlists. Whe a looped item gets to its last loop, Commad will automatically cue the ext item i the playlist. Users ca also set playout of a item i a playlist to automatically occur immediately followig the completio of the previous item. This fuctioality is called follow-o playout ad is idicated by a ico i the playlist that looks like a bet blue arrow. Commad supports follow-o playout with or without loopig. If a item is set to follow-o playout with loopig, the total loop cout is show alog with a Follow-o Loopig ico. Playout Trigger Icos Loopig (oly) Follow-o playout Follow-o playout with loopig Users must have oly oe playout chael set up for the follow-o feature to work. Both loopig ad follow-o playout require Autocue be tured o i Commad. Loopig is supported i Commad with VDCP devices. To set loop cout from inews: t ad the umerical value for the loop cout to the ed of the video ID i inews. For istace, to loop a item four times, to that item s video ID. 162

163 Loopig ad Follow-o Playout To set loop cout to ifiity from inews: t to the ed of the video ID i inews. For settig loop cout from inews to work, it must be eabled i Commad. Istructios for how to do this is provided i the Avid inews Commad Admiistratio Guide. To loop a item withi a playlist from a Commad Workstatio: 1. Select the item you wat to loop i the playlist. 2. Do oe of the followig: t Press Ctrl+Shift+L. t Right-click ad select Edit > Edit Loop Cout. The Loop Cout dialog box appears. By default, a item is set to play oce. 3. Do oe of the followig: t Select Play this may times ad set the umber. t Select Play idefiitely. 4. Click OK. Whe playout of a item is set to loop i a playlist, the Loopig ico ad the umerical values set for loopig curret cout ad how may times the item will play i total appear i the Trigger colum of the playlist. If you do ot see them, wide the colum. It must be set wide eough to view both the ico ad the umerical values for loopig. If the item is set to play idefiitely, the ifiity symbol will appear i the Trigger colum. The previous procedure oly applies to loopig a sigle item i a playlist. To loop multiple items withi a larger playlist, Avid recommeds creatig a separate playlist of those items you wat to loop, set the properties for that playlist to loop, ad the embed the loopig playlist withi the larger playlist. For clarity, Avid also recommeds icludig the word Loop i the ame of ay playlist set to loop i its etirety. For more iformatio o embeddig playlists, see Workig with Embedded Playlists o page

164 Loopig ad Follow-o Playout To loop a etire playlist: 1. Right-click aywhere i the playlist. 2. Select Edit > Properties. The Playlist Properties dialog box appears. 3. Do oe of the followig i the Loopig sectio: t Select Play this may times ad set the umber. t Select Play idefiitely. 4. Click OK. While there are visible idicators withi the software that distiguishes a loopig playlist from a o-loopig playlist, to avoid cofusio, Avid recommeds that users still iclude the word Loop i the ame of ay playlist created with its properties set to loop i its etirety. Whe a playlist (that is ot embedded i aother playlist) is set to loop, the umerical value for how may times it should loop appears i the Playlist toolbar o the right side alog with a curved gree arrow ico to idicate the loopig status. 164

165 Loopig ad Follow-o Playout For istace, if a playlist is set to loop twice, the umber 2 will appear o the toolbar ext to the curved gree arrow. If the loop cout is set to loop idefiitely, the a ifiity symbol is displayed ext to the curved gree arrow ico. 165

166 Loopig ad Follow-o Playout To set follow-o playout for a item: 1. At a Commad Workstatio, i the Playlist Viewer, do oe of the followig: t Press the Ctrl+forward slash (/) keystroke combiatio. t Select Playlist > Edit > Edit Trigger. t Click the field i the Trigger colum correspodig with the item that you wat set for follow-o playout. The Trigger colum is arrow, but ca be resized, ad usually has o label o its colum header. Its locatio i the playlist might also vary. Trigger Colum Status Colum 2. Whe the meu appears i the Trigger colum, select Follow-O Playout. (The meu optio might appear trucated.) 3. Do oe of the followig: t Click elsewhere o the playlist. t Press Eter o the mai keyboard. t Move the cursor with keyboard shortcuts. It s oly at this poit that the playout method is saved. To set all or multiple items to follow-o playout: 1. Do oe of the followig: t Type Ctrl+A to select all items. t Use the Ctrl or Shift keys ad mouse clicks to select multiple items. 2. Type Ctrl+forward slash (/) to activate the Trigger field. 3. Type F for follow-o playout. 4. Press the Eter key o the keyboard (ot the umerical keypad). 166

167 USB Keypad Cotrolled To set a item to maual playout: 1. At a Commad Workstatio, i the Playlist Viewer, click the field i the Trigger colum correspodig with the item that you wat set for maual playout. 2. Whe the meu appears, select Maual Playout. 3. Do oe of the followig: t Click elsewhere o the playlist. t Press Eter o the mai keyboard. t Move the cursor with keyboard shortcuts. It is oly at this poit that the playout method is saved. To set all or multiple items to maual playout: 1. Do oe of the followig: t Type Ctrl+A to select all items. t Use the Ctrl or Shift keys ad mouse clicks to select multiple items. 2. Type Ctrl+forward slash (/) to activate the Trigger field. 3. Type M for maual playout. 4. Press the Eter key o the keyboard (ot the umerical keypad). USB Keypad Cotrolled Avid inews Commad iterfaces with the X-keys USB keypad for playout cotrol. The X-keys USB keypads coect to the USB port the Commad Workstatio ad offer up to fifty-eight user-reprogrammable keys for oe-butto access to playout fuctioality. 167

168 USB Keypad Cotrolled Some improvemets to the X-Keys fuctioality has bee added. To see the ew optios, go to Tools > Optios > Actios > X-Keys. The Choose Actio dialog box opes. Mai Widow, Keyboard - Up ad Dow: These optios emulate the keyboard up/dow arrows, ad support a press-ad-hold fuctioality, where the cursor cotiues to scroll whe the key is pressed ad held. These keys also fuctio i other paels, such as Playlist Explorer ad Ivetory. Playlist, Selectio NextRow, NextItem, PreviousRow, ad PreviousItem: These key fuctios ow support press-ad-hold fuctioality, so that you ca scroll through your playlist by pressig ad holdig the respective keys. Playlist Explorer TakeFocus: This key moves the focus to the Playlist Explorer pael, so that users ca use the up/dow arrow keys (via keyboard or X-Keys) to avigate to a particular playlist. Playlist Explorer - OpeSelected: This key will ope the selected playlist. X-keys is third-party hardware. Commad atively supports a variety of X-keys devices, which are cofigured through the Commad Workstatio applicatio. Native support gives users a added level of fuctioality that is ot available through the X-keys Macro Works software. See the Avid inews Commad ReadMe for the specific X-keys devices that are supported. You ca also use the Macro Works software, a keyboard emulator, with ay X-keys device. For more iformatio o X-keys USB keypads, see that maufacturer s documetatio o 168

169 USB Keypad Cotrolled To program the X-keys from the Commad Workstatio: 1. Select Tools > Optios. If prompted for a password, you must provide it or cotact your system admiistrator. 2. I Category, expad Actios ad select X-keys. 3. Select Eable X-keys. 4. Set the de-bouce period. Desiged to avoid iadvertet repetitio, this is the spa of time (i millisecods) durig which the system should igore duplicated sigals. 5. Click o a gray box that represets (or correspods to) the key o the keypad. Some sites might use key caps that cover 2 or 4 buttos o the keypad, turig a set of buttos ito a sigle key. If that is the case, select the left box to set the 2-butto key. For 4-butto keys, select the upper left box. 169

170 USB Keypad Cotrolled 6. Assig a actio to the key by selectig it from the list of those available i the Choose Actio dialog box. 7. Click OK. 8. Repeat steps 5-7 as eeded. 9. Click Apply. 10. Click OK. The followig illustratio shows a closeup of the first row of keys after they were assiged to the four playout cotrol optios of play, cue, pause, ad stop: 170

171 GPI Cotrolled Chael-Specific Actios Keys ca also be assiged to a actio associated with a specific chael o a device. A example of this would be for a key to iitiate a play commad o a sigle chael. To assig chael specific actios to a key: 1. Complete steps 1-5 of the procedure USB Keypad Cotrolled o page I the Choose Actio dialog box, uder the Actios colum, expad Cotrol. 3. Select the actio, such as Play. 4. Select the idex, such as Chael 01, that correspods to the device chael. 5. Click OK. The Choose Actio dialog box closes. 6. Click OK i the Optios dialog box. Idices for chael specific actios i the list are pre-cofigured through system settigs at the Commad Workstatio, which requires a admiistrative password. For more iformatio, see the Avid inews Commad Admiistratio Guide. GPI Cotrolled A GPI pael is aother alterative keypad device that ca be used to cotrol playout through Commad. The GPI pael, which coects to a GPI card istalled i the Commad Server, allows a user to select up to four chaels, with each chael havig its ow set of Cotrol buttos for play, cue, pause, ad stop fuctioality. After cofiguratio of the GPI card for the Avid inews Commad system is complete, ad oly if the pael will be used for actios that go through the Commad user iterface, such as movig the cursor, the GPI pael must be eabled to cotrol a playlist. This procedure does ot apply to GPI paels (or Maey paels) with evets mapped oly to actios chose i GPI > Cotrol such as Cue, Pause, Play, or Stop because those are set directly to the Playlist Cotroller ad do ot go through the user iterface. A user ca eable a pael at ay Commad Workstatio. To eable a GPI pael to cotrol a playlist: 1. At the Commad Workstatio, select Tools > Optios. If prompted for a password, you must provide it or cotact your system admiistrator. 171

172 GPI Cotrolled 2. I Category, expad Actios ad select GPI. 3. Select a GPI pael from the list. 4. Click Apply. 5. Click OK. System admiistrators must cofigure system settigs to provide a list of paels i the Optios dialog box. For more iformatio see the Avid inews Commad Istallatio ad Cofiguratio Guide. 172

173 Togglig Betwee GPI ad UI Cotrol Togglig Betwee GPI ad UI Cotrol Commad ca be set up to allow togglig betwee exclusive playout cotrol from a GPI pael ad playout cotrol from the workstatio s keyboard or mouse. This ability is helpful should the eed to switch betwee GPI ad UI cotrol arise. Commad provides a quick ad easy way to do this via a optio i the Tools meu. To toggle betwee GPI ad UI playout cotrol, do oe of the followig: t Type Ctrl+G. t Select Tools > Eable GPI Playout. Look at the Commad widow s title bar to see a idicatio of whether playout is cotrolled by GPI or the workstatio. This feature ca be disabled by your system admiistrator. If the meu optio does ot appear, or the keystroke combiatio does t work, cotact your system admiistrator to esure the feature is eabled via the system settigs. Whe exclusive GPI cotrol is eabled, a user ca still cue a item usig the keyboard or mouse; however, the user must pause ad play items with buttos o the GPI pael. 173

174 A Cotrol Room Quick Referece This appedix is provided as a quick referece guide to some of the most commo icos ad alerts operators might see i the cotrol room. It is ot all iclusive. For a oe-page quick referece guide that you ca view i the cotrol room, prit this page. Playout Status Icos Cued Playig Paused Stopped, Doe Error Playability Status Icos Primary Oly Backup Oly Uplayable Ukow Mismatch The backgroud color for the Playability Status ico called Backup Oly (show above as orage) is customizable, so it could appear differet tha the color show here.

175 Failover Failover Whe a playlist is uploaded from a ewsroom computer system, it is locked by the ewsroom system ad receives system updates from Commad. However, should that coectio be broke, the playlist is discoected. The inews Commad failover is a automated process, which is desiged to be relatively seamless for the operator. Failover ca occur for a variety of reasos; the most commo are server failure ad etwork/dns problems. I the evet of a primary server failure, the operator will see the followig: The loss of playout cotrol. Playig items will cotiue playig, but other items caot be triggered while the failover is i progress. Discoectio from the ewsroom computer system. I the Commad Workstatio, inews or MOS icos will chage from coected to discoected as show i the followig table: Ico Descriptio inews is coected. inews is ot coected. MOS is coected. MOS is ot coected. The inews workstatios will also show a MON status of Error as show i the followig table: Ico Descriptio Moitor Error status. 175

176 Failover The Commad workstatio will show the followig alerts for discoect ad recoect messages: The workstatio will reflect the loss of playout cotrol by puttig a red x over the trasport cotrols (show at right) ad lock ico (show at left) i the followig example: 176