cinegy Air 10.5 Manual

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2 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Copyright and Disclaimer Trademarks Dolby Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent commitment on the part of Cinegy GmbH. The software described in this document is furnished under a license agreement. The software can be used or copied only in accordance with the terms and conditions of the agreements. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, for any purpose without the express written permission of Cinegy GmbH. All terms mentioned in this document that are known to be trademarks or service marks have been appropriately capitalized. Cinegy GmbH cannot attest to the accuracy of this information. Use of a term in this document should not be regarded as affecting the validity of any trademark or service mark. Other products and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. Dolby and the double-d symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Confidential unpublished works. Confidential unpublished works. Copyright Dolby Laboratories. All rights reserved. Confidential unpublished works. Copyright Dolby Laboratories. All rights reserved. Cinegy GmbH: Müllerstr Munich, Germany Phone: +49 (89) Fax: +49 (89) sales@cinegy.com WWW: Page - II -

3 Preface Preface Congratulations on your purchase of Cinegy Air! You can use Cinegy Air to meet all of your broadcast automation and playout service requirements. Cinegy Air is a completely software based system for SD or HD broadcast automation and video serving using standard PC server hardware. Running as a real-time network service based video playout server operated remotely via TCP/IP, Cinegy Air removes the need for SDI cabling and routing. High availability and fault tolerance is guaranteed by local caching and optional failover slave channels, as well as the benefits of optionally integrating into the end to end Cinegy solution. Your system might not contain certain features described in your documentation. Our documents describe all features regardless of which version you purchased. About This Manual Symbols and Conventions This manual is designed to keep pace with the current advances in Cinegy Air by consolidating all the information you need to take advantage of the many options available to you. This manual includes a detailed index section. The Cinegy Air Manual uses the following special conventions: 1 Numbered lists when the order of the items is important. Bulleted lists when the order of the items is unimportant. A note provides important information, recommendations, reminders and suggestions. The See Also notes refer you to other relevant sections, chapters or manuals. The caution paragraph indicates a potentially dangerous operation. Page - III -

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5 Contents Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Contents Copyright and Disclaimer... II Trademarks... II Dolby... II Preface About This Manual... III Symbols and Conventions... III Cinegy Air: Playout System The System... 2 Installation... 3 Configuration... 5 General Configurations... 6 Playout Station in Playlist Editor Mode... 6 Single Channel Control Mode... 8 Multi Channel Control Mode Cinegy Air Configurations Collaboration Mode Configuration EPG Server Settings CA Products Managing Cinegy Air File Extensions Integrated Browser Cinegy Browser Mode Preview Sorting View Adding to Playlist Cinegy Search File Browser Mode Communication with Cinegy Desktop MCRitem Playlist Editor Mode Playlist Editor Mode Interface Playlist Caption Playlist Panel Column Management Column Overview Text Size Collapse and Expand Row Height Item Editor Panel Inventory Browser Window Keyboard Page - V -

6 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Working with Playlists Introduction Creating a New Playlist Creating and Deleting a Program Creating and Deleting a Block Program Properties General Settings Conditional Access Settings Program and Block Commands Skipping Programs and Blocks Metadata Propagating Splitting the Block Combining the Blocks Block Properties Block Type Program Splitting and Combining Saving a Playlist Export Opt-Out Playlist Opening a Playlist Opening Recent Inserting a Playlist Undo and Redo Playlist Navigation Playlist Line Numbering Find Find Source Next and Previous Printing a Playlist Closing Handling Playlist Items Adding Items to the Playlist Drag-and-Drop via Inventory Browser Drag-and-Drop in Cinegy Browser Mode Drag-and-Drop in File Browser Mode Drag-and-Drop via the Windows Explorer Inserting Items and Playlists in Control Mode Source Error Special Items The Dummy Item The Live Item The Note Item Media Offline Subtitles Managing Items Item Preferences Auto Delete Auto Update EPG Multiselect Copy and Paste Moving an Item in the Playlist Replacing an Item in the Playlist Removing an Item Adding a Comment Page - VI -

7 Contents Chapter 6 Renaming Items Refreshing Items in a Playlist Refresh Selected Refresh All Aspect Ratio Playout Conversion Custom Metadata Viewing and Editing Items Clip Viewer VANC Data Display Closed Captions Display Audio Preview Editing in Clip Viewer Cutting an Item Setting and Deleting In and Out Points Moving to the Next or Previous Edit Point Closing Clip Viewer Playback Quality Degradation The In and Out Columns Managing Interrupted Items Programming Items Setting Trigger Types Follow Manual End Clocked Join-in-Progress Loop Item Properties General Tab Parameters Tab Start Time Start Time Auto-Calculation Time Controls Skip Status Secondary Events Setting Parameters for Secondary Events Setting Offset Favorites Predefined Commands RTP/UDP URL Single Channel Control Mode Starting the Application The Control Mode Interface Playlist Caption Main Menu The On-Air Control Panel The Playout Control Panel VANC Data Display The Playlist Panel The Timeline The Item Editor Panel The Secondary Events Panel Connecting to the Playout Server Server Controls Server Connection Loss EPG Communication Page - VII -

8 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Working with Items in Single Channel Control Mode Item Status, Coloring and Font Proxied Items Coloring Drop Proxy Playlist Control Delete to Top of List Delete from Selection Navigation Find On-Air Find Cued Find Selected End of Automation Next Command Functional Group Buttons On-Air Play Management Buttons Cue Management Buttons Working with the Timeline Channel Status Timeline Panel Timeline Navigation View Detail Level Timeline Scale Navigation Audio Controls Audio VU Meters Adjusting the Zero db Level The Volume Control Audio Preview Time Controls Countdown On-Air Item Time Cued Item Start System Clock Channel Preview Multi Channel Control Mode Working in Multi Channel Control Mode Connecting to the Multiple Channels Loss of Server Connection Operating Switching Between the Channels Channels Preview Collaboration Mode Collaboration Changing the Playlist Locking for Edit Approving the Changes Discarding the Changes Audio Profile Editor Introduction Audio Profile Editor Page - VIII -

9 Contents Shortcuts Index Audio Mapping Profiles Sample Profile Creating a New Profile Audio Ducking Profiles Audio Encoder Profiles Page - IX -

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11 Chapter 1: Cinegy Air: Playout System Chapter 1 Cinegy Air: Playout System Cinegy GmbH is the industry leader for affordable and innovative broadcast and professional television automation solutions. Our ideas are driven by a strong emphasis on new technology, tempered by clear understanding of the broadcasting business. We are confident that you will find our products and customer support unsurpassed in today s demanding marketplace. We are committed to providing superior quality and reliability. This chapter of the manual describes the Cinegy Air system, its installation and configuration. The sections that follow explain the program and its functionality in detail. The System Installation Configuration CA Products Managing General Purpose Interface (GPI) Cinegy Air File Extensions Integrated Browser Page - 1 -

12 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual The System The Cinegy Air product is represented in two versions: PRO and SOLO. Cinegy Air PRO includes all features and is a versatile broadcast automation and playout solution. Cinegy Air SOLO is an entry level version of the product for an easy start and simple operation; some of the features are not available in this version. This manual covers all features available in the Cinegy Air product. All descriptions and illustrations are provided for the PRO version of the application. The features unavailable in SOLO version are marked with the corresponding notes. Cinegy Air application provides an interface for convenient creation of playlists, editing and broadcasting. To perform direct playout, Cinegy Playout should be connected. This application is a software-based engine that sends playlists to air. Refer to the Cinegy Playout Manual for detailed description of configuring and operating of Cinegy Playout application. When working with Cinegy Air you will find that the application can operate in two different modes. The preparation of playlists is performed in playlist editor mode. On-air playlist management is performed in single channel control mode or multi channel control mode. Any PC connected to the network on which the Cinegy Air application has been installed can be used to prepare and edit playlists. A playlist can be composed of any clips in commonly supported file formats (vob, mpg, avi, dv, wmv, etc.) and/or with clips prepared in Cinegy Desktop. Using Cinegy Desktop is optional and is not required for work with Cinegy Air. Refer to the Cinegy User Manual for more details concerning Cinegy Desktop. Once a playlist is ready for broadcasting, it is loaded into Cinegy Air running in single channel or multi channel control mode and is sent to the playout server. Cinegy Air provides the following features: instant playback of media material: any clip or Sequence prepared in Cinegy Desktop and added to a playlist can be sent to air immediately in control mode; instant playback of video files: any Cinegy Air supported format (vob, mpg, avi, dv, wmv etc.) dragged-and-dropped to a playlist can be put on-air immediately in control mode; a playlist composed in Cinegy Air can be played back on two Cinegy playout servers simultaneously for fail-safety reasons. In case of on-the-fly changes in the playlist, the playout servers merge the altered playlist with the one being played, providing a smooth and swift change of the playout; reliable security protection to prevent unauthorized access to the media material prepared for broadcasting; simultaneous broadcasting of different playlists in various TV formats to multiple channels, simultaneous broadcasting from one channel to multiple output devices; simultaneous broadcasting of the same playlist to several channels with different TV formats; the playout software is implemented as an SQL-independent service to provide the most robust on-air playback; horizontal timeline view provides a clear overview for easy operations; secondary events for external device control; local or remote control operation via LAN or WAN; GPI events processing for automatic commercial insertion; broadcast directly to the Internet using Web streaming; as-run log generation; uninterrupted broadcasting even in case of server disconnection from the local network or from a Cinegy essence (if there are proxied items in the list). If the current item is not proxied, emergency footage is broadcast instead. Page - 2 -

13 Chapter 1: Cinegy Air: Playout System The proxy RAID holds pre-fetched playlist items in a defined compressed format for the following reasons: so that even the most difficult playout session can be prepared easily; to avoid rendering on-the-fly whenever possible. Item proxying is not supported in Cinegy Air SOLO. Items are proxied in chunks. Once proxied, the item is stored in a proxy folder (defined in the Cinegy Playout configurator). In case of repeated usage it will not be proxied for the second time, but will be played back directly from the proxy folder. Only very recently inserted items will be played from the Cinegy Archive media server. The playout server takes material for playback according to the playlist from Cinegy essence as shown below: Installation This section guides you through the Cinegy Air PRO installation steps. The Cinegy Air SOLO installation process is the same. You must at least have local administrator rights for both computers (playout station and playout engine) to install and configure Cinegy Air. The Desktop Experience feature should be installed on Windows Server 2008 R2 in order to ensure the correct functioning of Cinegy Air preview. The control station is the computer where Cinegy Air PRO runs. To install this component, you have to: 1 Install Cinegy Air PRO. To do this, run the Setup.exe file from the CinegyAirPRO directory of your Cinegy Air PRO installation package. The Cinegy Air PRO Setup Wizard will be launched: Press Next, read and accept the license agreement and proceed with the installation. Page - 3 -

14 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual As a next step select the components you want to be installed: NDS EPG Integration the EPG integration will be enabled. Audio Profile Editor the Audio Profile Editor application will be installed. Refer to the Audio Profile Editor chapter later in this manual for detailed information on working with this application. Having selected the necessary components for the installation, press the Next button to proceed with installation. On the next step press the Install button to begin the installation. A progress bar will show the progress of the installation process. 2 Configure Cinegy Air PRO using the Cinegy Air PRO Configurator. Refer to the Cinegy Air Configuration section later in this manual for details concerning the Cinegy Air Configurator. Installation of Cinegy Desktop is optional. It can be used to prepare video material on the same control station where Cinegy Air is installed. Alternatively, you can compose a playlist from previously prepared material on other stations. In order to use the Inventory Browser tool, you have to configure connection to the Cinegy Archive database via the Cinegy configurator. Inventory Browser is not supported in Cinegy Air SOLO. Please check if the custom sets of codecs and fonts are installed on both the Cinegy Air client and the playout server stations. If a required codec is not installed, either the Media Offline message will appear instead of showing the media material or the emergency footage will be played back, depending on the playout station configuration. If a required Windows font is not installed, the default Arial font will be used in the titler. For the correct playback of AVID DNxHD files, AVID DNxHD codec x86 should be installed on the computer where Cinegy Air Control is operating. If Cinegy Playout x64 is running on the same computer, it should have AVID DNxHD codec x64 installed as well. Page - 4 -

15 Chapter 1: Cinegy Air: Playout System Configuration Cinegy Air can be launched in one of the following modes: Playlist editor; Single channel control; Multi channel control. To configure Cinegy Air, run the Cinegy Air Configurator from your installation folder. This configurator contains two tabs: Cinegy Air PRO (further information is given below); Here you can set up all necessary parameters and settings for Cinegy Air, such as operating mode, video and audio properties, EPG configuration settings, control mode configuration, etc. EPG server (further information below). This setting tab is only available when there is a registered Electronic Program Guide (EPG) supporting module by NDS (NDSGateWay.dll) on the current computer. The EPG service is an additional productivity tool smoothly integrated with the NDS corporation and is not included with a standard Cinegy Air delivery. The EPG service is not supported in Cinegy Air SOLO. For more information or to order this service, please contact our commercial representative via sales@cinegy.com. Here you can set up EPG and conditional access parameters. Refer to the EPG Server Settings section later in this chapter for more details. In order to provide full fail-safe broadcasting, the following configuration models are available for each channel: Single Machine Configuration; One Cinegy Air Client and One Playout Server; One Cinegy Air Client and Two Playout Servers; Two Cinegy Air Clients, One Shared Playlist and One Playout Server; Two Cinegy Air Clients, One Shared Playlist and Two Playout Servers; Two Cinegy Air Clients and Two Playout Servers. Descriptions of these configurations are given later in this section. Page - 5 -

16 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual General Configurations Playout Station in Playlist Editor Mode Playlist editor mode is designed for offline playlist preparation before sending the material to air in one of the control modes. To activate this mode, select the Playlist editor from the Application mode drop-down list. The following diagram represents the playlist editor mode setup: N Global Settings Specify the interface language using the Language drop-down list. The Edit custom metadata option defines whether user is allowed to edit custom metadata in the Cinegy Air playlist. If this option is not set, user can edit only the Name and Comments values. If this option is set, user can edit the playlist item description and any custom metadata fields. If the Don t connect to Cinegy Archive option is selected, the Inventory Browser license is not used when Cinegy Desktop is installed while the built-in Inventory Browser panel is not required in Cinegy Air. The Legacy 32-bit playout engine compatibility option allows the application to run in 32-bit compatibility supporting video formats that are not available in 64-bit mode. Enable this option if you are connecting to the 32-bit Cinegy Playout to exclude any possible discrepancies caused by 3rd party software. In the Cinegy Type Repository field, specify the folder location where Cinegy Type templates are stored. Refer to the Cinegy Type Manual to learn how to create Cinegy Type templates. The audio matrix presets in XML format storage location can be defined in the Audio Matrix presets field. Page - 6 -

17 Chapter 1: Cinegy Air: Playout System If the audio matrix XML file cannot be found, opened or successfully processed, a warning prompt will be shown at the Cinegy Air startup. Cinegy Air control application will be loaded, but it will not be possible to change any audio matrices or audio encoding profiles. The valid audio matrix XML file should be specified in Cinegy Air configurator. Aspect Ratio There are two parameters defining the aspect ratio values of the items inserted into a playlist. Using the Default original aspect drop-down list, define the original aspect ratio value to be used by default for the source files inserted into a playlist. To define the aspect ratio value automatically, choose Auto. In the Default target aspect drop-down list, choose the target aspect ratio to be applied to playlist items. Set this value to Original to keep the original aspect ratio of a playlist item. If the Stretch value is selected, the target video stream is stretched to fill the entire frame, no cropping is applied. N Collaborative Editing Select the Collaborative Editing option to enable the collaboration mode for the slave Cinegy Air station. Refer to the Collaboration Mode Configuration subsection later in this chapter to learn how to set up collaboration mode. Sequence Compatibility The Sequence compatibility parameter defines how to process Sequences without master audio tracks prepared in Cinegy Desktop 9.1 and earlier. In the Legacy sequence audio drop-down list choose one of the following options: Nothing the individual master audio track is created for each audio track on Timeline: Mix-down into S1 all Timeline audio tracks are mixed into one master audio track: Page - 7 -

18 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Mix-down into S1 and S2 the first two timeline audio tracks are mixed into the first master output track; all other audio tracks are mixed into the second master output track: Single Channel Control Mode Single channel control mode is designed to broadcast a prepared playlist to a specified channel. To activate this mode, select the Single channel control from the Application mode drop-down list. Page - 8 -

19 Chapter 1: Cinegy Air: Playout System The following diagram represents the single channel control mode configuration: N N N Global Settings Specify the interface language using the Language drop-down list. Select the Autoconnect on start option to enable the Cinegy Air application to automatically connect to the playout server(s) on startup. Select the Swap control monitors option to swap the position of the control monitors on the playout control panel. The Edit custom metadata option defines whether user is allowed to edit custom metadata in the Cinegy Air playlist. If this option is not set, user can edit only the Name and Comments values. If this option is set, user can edit the playlist item description and any custom metadata fields. If the Don t connect to Cinegy Archive option is selected, the Inventory Browser license is not used when Cinegy Desktop is installed while the built-in Inventory Browser panel is not required in Cinegy Air. The Legacy 32-bit playout engine compatibility option allows the application to run in in 32-bit compatibility supporting video formats that are not available in 64-bit mode. In the User log folder field, specify the folder location where the user log files will be stored. To do this, use the button or enter the path via the keyboard. Then set up the following settings: Video system TV system used for broadcasting. Aspect ratio Aspect ratio for the video stream (4:3 or 16:9). Audio level reference the zero db level for the VU meter. Preserve original audio the option for disabling the audio volume control on the playout control panel. Engine 1, 2 Master and slave playout servers. Select the Local option if Cinegy Playout is installed and launched on the local computer. If several Cinegy Playout instances are started on the same server, you need to specify what Engine instance will be used to process the specified playlist in the corresponding # field next to the server IP address. The remote control feature is unavailable in Cinegy Air SOLO, the Local checkbox is disabled. Active playlist File with the *.MCRactive extension that contains the content of the active playlist. You can browse for an existing file or simply enter the file name in the defined location for a new file. The playlist will be restored from this file when you launch the Cinegy Air application in one of the control modes. When you close the Cinegy Air application, the currently used playlist will be automatically saved to this file. Cinegy Type Engine the server and the instance number of the separate dedicated playout instance that renders the Cinegy Type templates. Cinegy Type Repository the folder location where Cinegy Type templates are stored. Refer to the Multi-Instance Playout Service subsection earlier in this chapter to learn how to create additional Cinegy Playout instances. See the description of available configuration models in the Cinegy Air Configurations section later in this manual. Refer to the Cinegy Type Manual to learn how to create Cinegy Type templates. Select the Collaborative Editing option to enable collaborative work on the playlist. The Audio Matrix presets field defines the audio matrix presets in the XML format storage location. Page - 9 -

20 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual The XML file contains the following data: audio mapping matrix; ducking matrices; Dolby Digital 5.1 encoding profile; Dolby Digital 2.0 encoding profile. The default audio mapping matrix is set for direct mapping of 8 audio channels. The mixing factor can be adjusted according to your needs directly in XML file or using the Audio Profile Editor If this field is left empty, the pull-down list in the Audio Mtx column on the playlist panel in the Cinegy Air window will also be empty. Also the audio ducking secondary event will be unavailable. For more information about ducking refer to the Audio Ducking sub-subsection within Predefined Command subsection of Secondary Events section in Handling Playlist Items chapter later in this manual. The Legacy sequence audio parameter defines how to process Sequences without master audio tracks prepared in Cinegy Desktop 9.1 and earlier. N Refer to the Sequence Compatibility sub-subsection in the Playout Station in Playlist Editor Mode subsection earlier in this chapter for detailed information about Sequence conversion options. Aspect Ratio There are two parameters defining the aspect ratio values of the items inserted into a playlist. Using the Default original aspect drop-down list, define the original aspect ratio value to be used by default for the source files inserted into a playlist. To define the aspect ratio value automatically, choose Auto. In the Default target aspect drop-down list, choose the target aspect ratio to be applied to playlist items. Set this value to Original to keep the original aspect ratio of a playlist item. If the Stretch value is selected, the target video stream is stretched to fill the entire frame, no cropping is applied. Security Before working with Cinegy Air in one of the control modes, you should define the startup protection parameters and assign users with the privileges to log in to the application. To do this, press the Security button; the following dialog box appears: Page

21 Chapter 1: Cinegy Air: Playout System Here enable the password protection by selecting the corresponding checkbox. Press the Add button to add a certain user or the whole group to the corresponding user group. The following dialog box appears: Here define the object type and the location to search; enter the object name. Press the Remove button to remove the selected member from the corresponding user security group. All logging events are tracked by the Cinegy Air application and written to the user log file when the security protection is activated. Multi Channel Control Mode Multi channel control mode enables broadcasting different playlists to multiple channels simultaneously. To activate this mode, select the Multi channel control from the Application mode drop-down list. Page

22 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual The following diagram represents the multi channel control mode configuration: N Global Settings Specify the interface language using the Language drop-down list. Select the Swap control monitors option to swap the position of the control monitors on the playout control panel. Select the Autoconnect on start option to enable the Cinegy Air PRO application to automatically connect to the playout server(s) on startup. If the Don t connect to Cinegy Archive option is selected, the Inventory Browser license is not used when Cinegy Desktop is installed while the built-in Inventory Browser panel is not required in Cinegy Air. The Edit custom metadata option defines whether user is allowed to edit custom metadata in the Cinegy Air playlist. If this option is not set, user can edit only the Name and Comments values. If this option is set, user can edit the playlist item description and any custom metadata fields. In the User log folder field, specify the folder locations where the user log files will be stored. To do this, use the button or enter the path via the keyboard. Channels Setup The list of channels that can be used for broadcasting is prepared here. Each channel can be configured individually. Select the desired channel from the list and set up its parameters. Refer to the Single Channel Control Mode section earlier in this chapter for details. In order to prevent the time differences between the control and playout stations, all Cinegy Air clients take the current time from the playout server. Page

23 Chapter 1: Cinegy Air: Playout System Click the empty line underneath the list if channels to add a new channel for broadcasting. Once the channel is created, its name is written in red until you specify its playlist and engine parameters. These two obligatory parameters are also outlined with a red box. Controlling remote instances and defining the secondary (slave) engine in multi channel control mode is not supported in Cinegy Air SOLO. Press this button to delete the selected channel. Use these buttons to change the channels order. N You can set up the configuration model for each channel separately. Read the following Cinegy Air Configurations subsection for more details. Shared Playlist This option is used for working in multichannel opt-out mode when a playlist is shared between multiple channels. In the Opt-out-ID field specify the code (that can be up to 7 characters) for the opt-out block: N This ID will be embedded into the RTP stream as a part of SCTE 35 command. Refer to the RTP/UDP Output sub-subsection within the Configuring subsection of the Output Devices subsection in the Channels section within the Playback Configuration section of the Cinegy Playout Configuration chapter within the Cinegy Playout manual for more information on SCTE 35 packets listening. Cinegy Air Configurations Configuration models cannot be set in playlist editor mode. Single Machine Configuration This configuration model allows you to use a single machine in the network to edit your playlists and perform the playout session. Press the button to locate a current computer or simply enter its local IP address to the Engine 1 field or select the Local option. Page

24 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Press the button to open the Playlist location dialog box and define the active playlist storage folder. There you can browse for the *.MCRactive playlist file location. To create a new file, enter a unique file name in the text box and press the OK button. The *.MCRactive file is a unique file. When you work in one of the control modes and close the Cinegy Air application, the current on-air playlist will automatically be saved with the *.MCRactive extension in the folder specified via Cinegy Air Configurator. When you launch Cinegy Air, the active playlist will be restored from *.MCRactive. If you do not provide a path and a file name, the OK button will remain inactive. The following diagram represents the single machine setup: One Cinegy Air Client and One Playout Server Browse for Engine 1 to locate the playout server. The following diagram represents this configuration: one Cinegy Air client and one playout server. Page

25 Chapter 1: Cinegy Air: Playout System One Cinegy Air Client and Two Playout Servers This is an advanced playout mode. To enable this mode, use three computers: one Cinegy Air client, and two servers master and slave. Browse to the Engine 1 location you would like to use as a master playout server. Mark the checkbox next to Engine 2 and browse to the location of the slave server. The following diagram represents this configuration with one Cinegy Air client and two playout servers: Both playbacks are independently backed up. There is no single point of failure. If the master playout server is disconnected, broadcasting will automatically be switched over to the slave playout server. Two Cinegy Air Clients, One Shared Playlist and One Playout Server To configure this mode, set the same playlist path for the master Cinegy Air client and slave Cinegy Air client, then browse the common playout server in the Engine 1 field. The configuration for both master and slave Cinegy Air clients is as follows: Simultaneous Playlist Editing Simultaneous playlist editing from both stations is impossible. When editing a shared playlist on either client station, the applied changes become visible on the other client station only after reconnection. Page

26 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual If the playlist was edited on one of the client stations, the other clients station should be reconnected and the following dialog appears: The options are to reload the updated playlist to the Cinegy Air playlist panel, leave the loaded playlist and establish connection, or cancel connecting to Cinegy playout. Alternatively, the Shared playlist option can be used to work on one playlist from two stations. This option should be enabled on both stations. Any changes made to a playlist on the active station will be visible on the other Cinegy Air client. The following diagram represents this configuration: two Cinegy Air clients, one shared playlist, and one playout server. The scheme described above provides simultaneous work of two Cinegy Air clients with the same shared playlist, which is played back from a single-connected playout server. Two Cinegy Air Clients, One Shared Playlist and Two Playout Servers To configure this mode, set the same playlist path for both the master Cinegy Air client and the slave Cinegy Air client. Set the fields Engine 1 and Engine 2 to be the same for each of the Cinegy Air clients. The playout commutation master/slave is available in this mode. Page

27 Chapter 1: Cinegy Air: Playout System The configuration for both master and slave Cinegy Air clients is as follows: This configuration is the most fail-safe mode. Both Cinegy Air clients and both playout servers are independently backed up. The presence of the change over device in the scheme enables switching of the master/slave playout servers. The following diagram represents this configuration: two Cinegy Air clients, one shared playlist and two playout servers. Two Cinegy Air Clients and Two Playout Servers To configure this mode, set different playlist paths for master Cinegy Air client and slave Cinegy Air client, but browse the same playout servers (master and slave) for each Cinegy Air client. The configuration for each Cinegy Air client is as follows: Master Cinegy Air client configuration Page

28 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Slave Cinegy Air client configuration The following diagram represents this configuration: two Cinegy Air clients, two playlists and two playout servers. This mode is fail-safe: both editing and playback are independently backed up. The change over device will quickly respond in the case of signal point failure. Each Cinegy Air client has its own playlist, which can be immediately started if needed (e.g. to replace one broadcasting scheme with another). The process of switching takes about two seconds. Even if the playout connection is lost, the on-air time countdown will go on. So, master/slave active playlists will switch for going on-air every seconds until you press the Release button in the On/Off menu for disconnected Cinegy Air to cease such commutation. Collaboration Mode Configuration The collaboration mode is an alternative configuration mode for Cinegy Air that supports multiuser synchronous collaboration. In this mode a master Cinegy Air station works in automatic mode, disabling all edit operations on that station. The currently active playlist can be locked for editing and changed from any slave station that is connected to this playlist in collaboration mode. Other slave clients can see any changes that are made. To configure this mode, set the master Cinegy Air client to single channel control mode and all the slave clients to playlist editor mode with the Collaborative editing option selected. Next, set up the playout server for the master station. The TV format settings must be the same for all the collaborated control stations. Page

29 Chapter 1: Cinegy Air: Playout System The configuration for the collaborated master and slave Cinegy Air clients is as follows: Master Cinegy Air client configuration (single channel control mode) Slave Cinegy Air client configuration (playlist editor mode) The following diagram represents the collaboration mode configuration: N Refer to the Collaboration Mode chapter below to learn how to work in this mode. EPG Server Settings This setting tab is only available when there is a registered Electronic Program Guide (EPG) supporting module by NDS (NDSGateWay.dll) on the current computer. The EPG and conditional access services are not supported in Cinegy Air SOLO. Page

30 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual N EPG and conditional access features provide broadcasting of additional information about a program schedule based on the currently used playlist. This information can be displayed on the consumer s television screen via the receiver. Configuration file location and conditional access settings can be configured on the Cinegy Air PRO tab. Refer to the Cinegy Air Configuration section earlier in this chapter to learn how to configure these settings. Cinegy Air PRO provides the interface for creation and transmission of the corresponding information about programs. The next stage processing and broadcasting this information is performed by the 3rd party company, NDS. EPG is now integrated with NDS and uses specific protocol to transmit EPGinformation to the dedicated NDS server. In order to use EPG and the conditional access functionality, you need to have a separate contract with NDS ( The SSR server and logging configuration settings are included to the EPG tab: EPG and conditional access services can be enabled on the Cinegy Air PRO tab. SSR server Set up the SSR server parameters to configure the NDS Server connection: URL, port, the reconnection attempts number in case of failure, and the time delay in milliseconds between them. The URL and port settings are provided by NDS. Logging CA Products Managing Browse for the logs storage folder location and define the log level to enable logging. The conditional access product manager utility is designed to manage conditional access products. The CA Product Manager utility is only available when there is a registered Electronic Program Guide (EPG) supporting module by NDS (NDSGateWay.dll ) on the current computer and is not supported in Cinegy Air SOLO. Page

31 Chapter 1: Cinegy Air: Playout System Run the CAProductMngr.exe file to launch the application. The following dialog box appears: In the case of a connection failure, the following error message appears: Refer to the EPG Server Settings section above to learn how to set up connection to the NDS server. To create a new conditional access product, press the Create... button. The following dialog box appears: Fill in the form and press the OK button to create a new conditional access product. Page

32 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Cinegy Air File Extensions Integrated Browser Cinegy Air uses the following file extensions: *.MCRitem an item file created from a Sequence or clip from a ClipBin or Roll in Cinegy Desktop via the Send to inventory... command. Refer to the next chapter for details about creating *.MCRitems. *.MCRlist a playlist file. This file is created when you are saving your playlist in playlist editor mode. *.MCRactive an active playlist file. The *.MCRactive file is a unique file. Once you add an item to the current on-air playlist in one of the control modes of the Cinegy Air control application, it will be automatically saved with the *.MCRactive extension in the folder specified via the Cinegy Air Configurator. A backup of the active playlist is saved in a.bak file automatically. When you launch Cinegy Air in one of the control modes, the active playlist will be restored from the *.MCRactive file. *.MCRactive.edit or *.MCRlist.edit a playlist file created when you have made some changes to the collaborated playlist that are not approved for the active playlist. *.MCRactive.approved or *.MCRlist.approved a playlist file created when the edits you have done to the collaborated playlist are approved to the active playlist. Information about handling these files will be explained later in the Handling Playlist Items chapter. Inventory Browser is not supported in Cinegy Air SOLO. Navigating through databases, searching for specific nodes and selecting clips in Rolls, Sequences or ClipBins in order to drag-and-drop them into the Cinegy Air playlist, browsing for locally stored clips and MCRitems all these actions are available in the integrated browser window located in the lefthand part of the Cinegy Air window: This window contains three tabs: Cinegy Browser integrated Inventory Browser. Cinegy Search plug-in to perform search operations. File Browser integrated file manager system. Page

33 Chapter 1: Cinegy Air: Playout System The Cinegy Browser tab is available only with Cinegy Desktop installed on the same machine as Cinegy Air. To work with integrated Inventory Browser, you need a separate corresponding software license. For more details about purchasing licenses, please contact sales@cinegy.com. The Cinegy Browser tab provides navigation through the database selected in Cinegy Configurator. To show/hide the Browser window, use the View > Inventory Browser main menu command: Cinegy Browser Mode Cinegy Browser mode is designed for efficient navigation through the Cinegy Archive database. In this mode you can browse content of the database in a tree-like structure on the left hand part of the panel. The Cinegy Browser tab displays the content of each folder or bin selected in the database tree. As soon as you click a ClipBin or Roll, all clips will be displayed on the right-hand panel: Page

34 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Clicking a DocumentBin will display its content as thumbnails: Preview Double-clicking a clip will open it in the viewer: N Refer to the Viewing and Editing Items section in the Handling Playlist Items chapter later in this manual to learn about clip handling in the viewer. If no media quality for a particular footage is available, the clip thumbnails will be displayed as follows: The system displays the Media Offline text instead of showing the media material in the viewer. Such clips are not allowed to be added to the Cinegy Air playlist. Page

35 Chapter 1: Cinegy Air: Playout System The audio-only clips are indicated with the waveform icon. The system performs the audio only playback in the viewer displaying the waveform of the audio. For stereo record, the left channel is displayed above the zero line and the right channel is displayed below the zero line: Sorting Each container can be expanded or collapsed by pressing the + and - buttons correspondingly. The content of any expanded folder can be sorted by name, type and name, creation date or type and creation date by selecting the corresponding option from the Arrange by context menu command: The folders will be sorted only within the selected folder. The collapsed folders content cannot be sorted. Page

36 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual View There are a number of view options to display the content of the folder or container (Roll, ClipBin, DocumentBin, etc.). To change view, click the Change your view icon and select the corresponding option: The Change your view icon will look different depending on the view you have chosen. You can use the slider to manually change the thumbnails scale between medium and extra large icon size. Adding to Playlist The clip, Sequence or document selected on the right-hand panel can be dragged-and-dropped directly to the Cinegy Air playlist. When high quality is not available for the clip, the following dialog box appears when you try to dragand-drop it to a playlist: Page

37 Chapter 1: Cinegy Air: Playout System Cinegy Search Press the Restore button to retrieve the clip s unavailable files moved to the HSM (Hierarchical Storage Management) from the Cinegy Archive database. Press the Autodegradate button to switch the clip to the next available quality. For example, if high quality is required, but not available and medium quality is available, the autodegradation will switch the clip to medium quality. Press the Restore & autodegradate button to retrieve unavailable files stored on the HSM and in the case of failure switch the clip to the next available quality. On the Cinegy Search tab, you can perform search operations in the Cinegy Archive database and view the search results. All the nodes found according to the search request will be listed with their thumbnails. To start searching, enter your request in the Search field via the keyboard and press the Search button or hit <Enter>. Advanced Search Press the button next to the search field to show/hide the advanced search options: Enter your search request in the Searching for the terms field. It is possible to narrow the search by the time of creation or modification by specifying time scale in the Narrowed by items field. Page

38 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual You can also define the search location in the Searching within field. Press the button and define the search location using the Searching within dialog: To narrow the search for specific node types, press the button next to the Consisting of these items field and select the desired asset type(s): N You can make additional limitations to your search. This can be done by adding conditions to the metadata fields. To do this, add a row in the bottom part of the advanced parameters configuration group by pressing the button. Refer to the Advanced Search subsection within Simple Search section in the Search chapter within the Cinegy User Manual for detailed information about advanced search parameters configuration. Page

39 Chapter 1: Cinegy Air: Playout System Search Request Syntax It is possible to use multiple words for search. In this case, they are connected with the logical AND. It is also possible to use AND, OR and NOT operators, as well as brackets. If you enter several words separated by a space, the operator AND is assumed. The wildcard * is also allowed. The words in search query that are less than 3 characters are not searchable. If such a word is a part of a disjunction, the whole phrase is not searchable too. The following tables explain the search request syntax in detail. Expressions Expression Description Example any word All the forms of that word man will find man and men string The exact string man* will find man* * Any string of zero or more characters man* will find man, many, manuscript, manner and so on? Any single character?ean will find Dean, Sean and so on [] [^] %exact phrase% Any single character within the range [a-k] or within the set [abcdef] Any single character not within the range [^a-k] or the set [^abcdef] The exact word combination or phrase [C-P]arsen will find Carsen, Larsen, Karsen and so on de[^l]* will find the words beginning with de where the third letter is not l %folder #1% will find folder #1 If the? symbol is placed at the beginning or the end of the word, it is processed as the * wildcard, i.e.? will be substituted by one or more characters. When using the expression with a range of symbols (written in square brackets) and performing search within some text rather than searching for a single word, add the * symbol at the beginning and the end of the search expression. For example, if you are searching within some text for the words starting with any symbol of the [b-t] range and the second part of which is end, use the following search expression: *[b-t]end*. When using the %exact phrase% expression please note that the search process may take a long time, especially in large databases. The natural-language search is language dependant. Your SQL server must have the search engine for the language you are using; otherwise, the search function will not work. Page

40 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Operators Operator Shortcut Description Example AND & or space Logical AND OR Logical OR NOT ~ Logical NOT ( ) Logical grouping LIKE, NOT LIKE LK, NL Matching a specified pattern red monkey Joe & Willy black AND white Joe Willy purse OR life Joe NOT Willy ~fish&~meat (~red monkey) (John Smith) LIKE *land Search Results The search results are displayed on the left-hand panel: N Use Change your view button to change the thumbnail size or switch to detailed list view of search results. If the search comes up with more than one page of search results, use the arrow buttons to navigate the search result pages or enter the desired page number and hit <Enter>. You can define the number of search results to be displayed per page by choosing the corresponding option from the per page pull-down list or entering the value from 10 to 2000 via the keyboard. The total number of search result items is indicated in the Displayed field. Refer to the Search Results section in the Search chapter within the Cinegy User Manual for detailed information about the found objects metadata display. Page

41 Chapter 1: Cinegy Air: Playout System File Browser Mode File browser mode provides access to the materials stored on your local computer. It is used to compose playlists with MCRitems (clips from Sequences, Bins and Rolls that have been exported to the inventory folder). This mode is also useful for viewing previously saved Cinegy Type templates. N Use Change your view button to change the thumbnail size or switch to detailed list view. The file formats that are not supported by Cinegy Air will be filtered out and not displayed in right-hand panel of file browser. In order to add an item, or items, from Inventory Browser to a playlist in either mode, simply use drag-and-drop. The item(s) will be inserted with the aspect ratio, defined in the Cinegy Air Configurator. See the Global Settings subsection of the General Configurations section earlier in this chapter for details. Page

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43 Chapter 2: Communication with Cinegy Desktop Chapter 2 Communication with Cinegy Desktop Cinegy Desktop can be used to prepare material for broadcasting via Cinegy Air. Any clip or Sequence from Cinegy Desktop can be used to create *.MCRitem, which can then be added to a Cinegy Air playlist. The use of the Cinegy Desktop application is optional, but extremely efficient and effective. Read the following section for detailed information about the creation and use of MCRitems. MCRitem Page

44 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual MCRitem The MCRitem is an XML file that defines a separate playback element in the playlist with the set of metadata that describes the given item. It can represent a simple clip or a comprehensive Sequence with titlers, effects, pictures and voice-overs inside. The MCRitem also includes descriptive metadata (name, description, comment) and the data, defining the processing and display of the given item. This allows you to send a prepared Sequence directly to the playlist from your Cinegy Desktop without rendering the media file. The rendering will be performed on-the-fly. To create an MCRitem, follow the steps: 1 Create a shared folder (e.g. Inventory) where the *.MCRitems will be stored. 2 Open the Cinegy Desktop application: N Refer to the Cinegy User Manual to learn how to work with Cinegy Desktop. Page

45 Chapter 2: Communication with Cinegy Desktop 3 Select the desired Sequence or clip from the Roll/ClipBin and choose the Send to inventory... command from the context menu: The common Save as dialog box appears: N Navigate to your dedicated inventory folder and enter a file name into the text field. 4 Press the Save button to create the.mcritem file with the name you specified. Use integrated Inventory Browser in file browser mode to add *.MCRitem(s) to a Cinegy Air playlist. Refer to the Adding Items to the Playlist section in the Handling Playlists Items chapter later in this manual to learn how to add *.MCRitems to Cinegy Air playlist. Page

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47 Chapter 3: Playlist Editor Mode Chapter 3 Playlist Editor Mode Playlist editor mode is designed for offline playlist preparation. Playlists are usually created, edited and composed in playlist editor mode before saving and broadcasting them using the Cinegy Air application in single or multi channel control mode. Playlist editor mode does not have connection to the playout server. The Playlist Editor Mode Interface Page

48 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Playlist Editor Mode Interface The main window is divided into three parts: the playlist panel (at the top); the selected items editor panel (in the middle); the secondary events panel (at the bottom). Playlist Caption The main window may also contain the Inventory Browser window (on the left) when it is enabled via the View > Inventory Browser context menu command. The caption of the Cinegy Air window in playlist editor mode displays the Cinegy Air version and the name of the currently open playlist. The following illustration displays the Cinegy Air PRO version: Cinegy Air PRO version Playlist name If a playlist contains any unsaved changes, its name in the caption will be marked with an asterisk. Playlist Panel The playlist panel is always available. Playlists are represented in the form of a table. Each row contains detailed information about each Cinegy Air playlist item. The playlist panel view can be adjusted to show only the columns that you wish to see. Page

49 Chapter 3: Playlist Editor Mode Column Management Column headers of the playlist table contain the database field names. Numerous fields exist to control the playlist. If the column is out of view in the main window, it can be shown by horizontal scrolling of the playlist table. Each column can be resized by positioning the mouse pointer on the grid line between the field names, and dragging the sizing tool left or right to adjust the column size. The playlist panel view can be configured using the Show columns dialog. To invoke the dialog, right-click the table header and click the Customize... command or use the Customize columns command from the Edit main menu: Use the Move up and Move down buttons to reorder the columns. Press the Reset button to return to the default settings. The column names in the list on the left show the columns that are not included into the current view. The list on the right shows the columns that are included in the current view. To add a column to the view, select the column name from the list on the left hand side and press the Add > button. To remove a column, select it in the right hand side list and press the < Remove button. Cinegy Air provides the possibility to enter and edit custom metadata values directly in the playlist table. To create a new playlist column for custom metadata, press the Create... button. The following dialog appears allowing you to set the custom column name and its data type: The data type in the column can be plain text or boolean value. Page

50 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Having specified the column parameters, press OK. The custom column will be added to the list, marked with an asterisk: Use the Delete button to remove the custom metadata column from the playlist table. This button is active only for custom metadata columns selected in the list on the right. Column Overview Start The leftmost column displays a line numbering. The programs dates and blocks names are shown in a tree-like structure in the next column. Each program or block can be collapsed/expanded if necessary. A quick overview of the columns available in the playlist panel view is given below. More detailed descriptions of each column are given later in this chapter. Cinegy Air uses the following start trigger types displayed in the Start column of the playlist panel: Follow, Clocked and Join-in-progress. Start Time End Name Source In this column, the manually entered or automatically calculated start time of the Cinegy Air playlist item is shown. This column displays the Manual end trigger. Also the corresponding icons for the items included into the loop playback are displayed in this column. This column displays the names of the programs and the Cinegy Air playlist items. The icon in the S column shows the item source. For example, a live item is indicated by a camera icon, a dummy item is indicated by an empty crossed circle icon. Description This column contains the item description. Comment Duration Variance Here you can add your own comments. In this column the duration is shown in hours:minutes:seconds:frames. This column displays any timecode inconsistencies regarding start time and duration of previous and next items. Page

51 Chapter 3: Playlist Editor Mode Proxy Here the proxy status of the item is displayed in %. The item proxying is not supported in Cinegy Air SOLO. Status This column displays each playlist item status. The status of items can be live, skipped, ready for playout etc. Commands This column is headed with an arrow icon. It displays the command number and the presence of a logotype specified for the current item. In and Out Orig Asp Targ Asp Aud The In and Out timecodes for each item are shown in these two columns. This column defines the original aspect ratio of a playlist item. This column defines the target aspect ratio of a playlist item. This column displays the number of audio channels that a playlist item contains. Audio Mtx This column defines the audio matrix preset used for playlist items playback. Audio Enc Traffic ID This column defines the audio encoding profile containing Dolby Digital Professional Encoder settings. Here the information about connection with the 3rd party Traffic applications is displayed. Subtitle ID Sub This column defines the subtitle ID value of playlist item. This column shows if any SRT/STL subtitles are attached to a playlist item. Page

52 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Text Size To change the font size of the currently open playlist, select the desired size in the Text size submenu of the View main menu: This option affects the appearance of the current playlist only. Collapse and Expand These functions are available for both program and block contents. To collapse or expand all of the playlist components, use the corresponding command from the main menu ( View > Expand/ Collapse ): Collapse all collapse all playlist components up to the program items. Expand all expand all playlist components. Expand to blocks expand all playlist components up to the block items. Selective Collapsing and Expanding To collapse or expand a single program or block, click the corresponding sign, either + or on the left of the program date or the block name: Row Height The playlist row height can be changed by positioning the mouse pointer to the first column with the rows numbering and dragging the sizing tool up or down to adjust the rows height. To reset the rows default height, use the Reset rows height command from the View main menu. Page

53 Chapter 3: Playlist Editor Mode Item Editor Panel The buttons located on this panel allow you to view and edit the selected Cinegy Air playlist items, add blocks and items (LIVE, DUMMY, NOTE, etc.), easily navigate through the list, remove or skip items, control start time and duration, and set the trigger type for the selected item. This panel can be managed using the main menu commands: Inventory Browser Window Show shows/hides the Item editing panel; Dock makes the Item editing panel dockable; the panel is opened in a separate window allowing you to place it on any position of the window; Secondary Events shows/hides the secondary events grid. The secondary events table provides an interface for managing events from external devices for the selected item. The Inventory Browser option provides integrated Inventory Browser and file browser on separate tabs in the left-hand part of the Cinegy Air window. The Search tab provides the functionality to perform simple and advanced search operations in the Cinegy Archive database. This window can be shown using the View > Inventory Browser main menu command: To hide the window, use the same command from the main menu. Page

54 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Keyboard For convenience in work with Cinegy Air according to your requirements, assign the shortcut keys using the Keyboard... command from the Edit main menu. The Customize Keyboard dialog appears: Select the required command by navigating in the Categories and Commands fields. The selected command description is displayed in the Description field. The categories list of the Customize Keyboard dialog differs depending on the application mode: the categories supported in playlist editor mode only are not available in single/multi channel control mode and vice versa. The Current keys field displays all the assigned shortcuts for the selected command, if any. To delete an existing shortcut, select it from the list and press the Remove button. To assign a new shortcut for the selected command, press the desired keys combination in the Press new shortcut key field and press the Assign button. If the specified shortcut is already enabled to any other command, the corresponding command name will appear in the Currently assigned field. Pressing the Assign button in this case enables the entered shortcut for the selected command anyway. To reset all the changes, press the Reset All... button. Press the Close button to confirm the changes and close the dialog box. Page

55 Chapter 4: Working with Playlists Chapter 4 Working with Playlists A playlist is a list of items arranged in a predefined order. A playlist can be created in playlist editor mode and changed either in single channel control mode or multi channel control mode at any time by adding, copying, removing or replacing items even at the time of its on-air playback. This chapter explains how to create, open and operate playlists. Introduction Creating a New Playlist Creating and Deleting a Program Creating and Deleting a Block Program Properties Program and Block Commands Saving a Playlist Opening a Playlist Inserting a Playlist Undo and Redo Playlist Navigation Printing a Playlist Closing Page

56 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Introduction A playlist is a kind of vertical cascaded timeline divided into separate programs. Each program contains from one to several blocks which are logical groupings of Cinegy Air playlist items. When you launch Cinegy Air in playlist editor mode, a new program containing an empty block appears in the playlist by default: Creating a New Playlist Every program displays the broadcasting date information depending on the start time and duration values of all the previous items. Select the New... command from the File main menu to create a new playlist or press the <Ctrl+N> keyboard shortcut assigned by default: It is possible to reassign the default shortcut used for a new playlist creation and add a new combination(s) via the keyboard customizer. Refer to the Keyboard section of the Playlist editor mode chapter above for more information about the keyboard customization. You will be prompted to save the current playlist (if there are any unsaved changes) before creating a playlist. The following dialog box appears, allowing you to define the the new playlist parameters: Page

57 Chapter 4: Working with Playlists Select the appropriate settings for the video system and the aspect ratio and then press OK. The newly created playlist appears as a program that consists only of one block containing an item named <empty> by default. This item is displayed in red and has zero duration: Creating and Deleting a Program To create a new program, simply press the +Prog button on the selected item editor panel or select the Create program... command from the Program main menu: Enter a new program name into the text field of the Create a program dialog: Creating and Deleting a Block Confirm creation of a new program by pressing the OK button. To delete a program, use the Remove program command from the Program main menu. Creating a new block is similar to creating a new program. Select the Create block... command from the Block main menu or simply press the +Block button on the selected item editor panel. Enter a new block name into the text field of the Create a block dialog in the same way as it is described above. Confirm the creation of the new block by pressing the OK button. The newly created block contains an item, named <empty> by default. This item is displayed in red with zero duration. The block deletion process is the same as the program deletion process described above. You can rename a block or program at any time by double-clicking the corresponding name field on the playlist panel. Page

58 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Program Properties General Settings The Program properties option allows you to set up the EPG parameters for the selected program: Select the desired program from the playlist and choose the Program properties... command from the Program main menu to launch the following dialog box: N The Program properties menu allows you to specify the following program properties: Name the program name; Description the program description; Genre the program genre type; Sub genre sub genre of the specified genre; Parental rating assign recommended age limitation for televiewers. The proper numeric label will be displayed in the corner of the consumer s television screen during the television program; The parental rating level is propagated from the EPG metadata and cannot be changed here. Content description the description of the program content (children, family, horror, bad language presence etc.) and displays the corresponding content icon in the corner of the consumer s television screen during the television program; Group type the program group type: xpush or Series. xpush indicates the pay television group and Series - a series production group; Group program groups available for the current channel. The list is different for different group types (e.g. movies, sports, music for xpush and series titles for Series); Use the Cinegy Air Configurator to configure the channel. For more details, refer to the EPG (Electronic Program Guide) subsection in the General Configurations section of the Cinegy Air: Playout System chapter earlier in this manual. Page

59 Chapter 4: Working with Playlists Program the program details (e.g. event for xpush or series index for Series). Further program details editing is also possible. Only the Name and Description program properties are available in Cinegy Air SOLO, the rest of properties editing is not supported. The Propagate from a clip... command substitutes program parameters with the parameters of a selected item: Press OK to confirm the changes or Cancel to ignore. Conditional Access Settings N The conditional access settings are only available when there is a registered Electronic Program Guide (EPG) supporting module by NDS (NDSGateWay.dll ) on the current computer. The conditional access service is not supported in Cinegy Air SOLO. To enable this functionality, select the Enable CA option in the Cinegy Air PRO Configurator. Refer to the Conditional Access Configuration section in the Cinegy Air: Playout System chapter earlier in this manual for more details about the conditional access service. Press the Modify... button to start setting up the conditional access service parameters. If this button is grayed out, you should select the Enable CA option in the Cinegy Air PRO Configurator as it is described in the EPG Configuration section. If the NDS server connection is not possible, the following error message appears: Press the Use default button to apply default settings to the current template. Page

60 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual The following CA parameters dialog box appears: Set up conditional access parameters as it is described in the Conditional Access Configuration section above. Start time is specified automatically for each program depending on the current playlist schedule. Program and Block Commands Skipping Programs and Blocks The process of blocks and programs creation/deletion was explained earlier. Other commands associated with programs and blocks are described here. The complete program can be skipped from playing. To do this, use the Skip program command from the Program main menu. The program including all blocks will be skipped; the corresponding mark will be added to the program and blocks names and the corresponding icon will be shown in the status column. Page

61 Chapter 4: Working with Playlists To remove the skipped status for the selected program, remove the selection of the Skip program command in the Program main menu. To skip only the defined block, select it and choose the Skip block command from the Block main menu. Metadata Propagating The skipped status for the block can be cancelled by removing the selection of the Skip block command in the Block main menu. The metadata of a playlist item (name, description, custom metadata from Cinegy Archive, etc.) can be propagated to a program name. For this select the required item in the playlist and use the Propagate metadata from the clip command from the Program main menu. Please note, if the playlist item contains empty metadata field(s) and the program already has the metadata fields filled in, in the result of the Propagate metadata from the clip command applying, the former program metadata will be lost. Splitting the Block You can divide one block into two parts from the current position via the main menu command: Block > Split at the current position. Page

62 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual The second block will start from the item you selected before splitting. The current block is split into two blocks automatically when you place another block inside it. Combining the Blocks To combine several blocks into one, use the main Block > Combine selected menu command. All items from these blocks will be united into one block. Only blocks that are located in the same program group are allowed to be combined. Block Properties Select the block or any item within it and choose the Block properties... command form the Block main menu: Page

63 Chapter 4: Working with Playlists The following dialog is opened: Block Type In this dialog the you can specify the main block properties: its name, type, start date and time, and duration, as well as define whether this block is skipped or not. Three types of blocks can be set in a Cinegy Air playlist: The normal block type is used for combining playlist items into structural blocks within programs. The opt-out blocks are used in the workflows when the regional variations (e.g. local news or commercials) are broadcasted to different regions of the coverage area. The highlight colors of these block types in the playlist can be configured in Cinegy Air preferences ( Edit main menu > Preferences ). Automatic opt-out block Automatic opt-out blocks with the same Avail Id can be used in different playlists and have regional variation in content. They can be used in the workflow when the main playlist is broadcast as an RTP stream with embedded SCTE35 markers and other playlist is set to receive the RTP stream and trigger the automatic opt-out block playout at a certain time. To configure this workflow, follow the steps: 1. In the main playlist set the Automatic opt-out block type and define its Avail Id. Page

64 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual 2. Configure the RTP output for Cinegy Playout instance to be used for the main playlist broadcasting: N Refer to the RTP/UDP Output description within the Output Devices sub-subsection in the Channels subsection of the Playback Configuration section within the Cinegy Playout Configuration chapter of the Cinegy Playout Manual for detailed information on RTP output setup. 3. For channels that will use content from the main playlist, set the same Avail Id for the automatic opt-out blocks 4. For the Cinegy Playout instance, that will receive the RTP stream, define the settings of RTP input and listening for the SCTE35 cueing stream: Page

65 Chapter 4: Working with Playlists Multichannel opt-out block These blocks are used in the workflow when several channels are configured to broadcast the same playlist, but the commercial blocks in it differ for each channel. To configure this workflow, follow the steps: 1. In the Cinegy Air Configurator in multi channel control mode define the same playlist for all channels, select the Shared playlist option and define the Opt-out-ID for each channel: Program Splitting and Combining 2. In a Cinegy Air playlist set the Multichannel opt-out block type for the block that will have regional variation in content. Then fill the block with the corresponding items. When the block type is changed to Multichannel opt-out block, the first item in the block receives the clocked trigger. The splitting and combining commands for programs are the same as for blocks: These commands are available from the Program main menu and from the item context menu. Page

66 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Saving a Playlist To save the current playlist, choose the Save command from the File main menu or press the <Crtl+S> keyboard shortcut assigned by default: It is possible to reassign the default shortcut for the Save operation and add a new combination(s) via the keyboard customizer. Refer to the Keyboard section of the Playlist Editor Mode chapter above for more information about the keyboard customization. Export Opt-Out Playlist The common Save as... dialog box appears. Navigate to the desired location and enter a playlist name. The file will be saved as an MCRlist file. The playlist name will be displayed in the Cinegy Air window caption. To save the playlist with a different name or in a different location, use the Save as... command. The playlist containing opt-out blocks can be exported for opt-out servers. For this use the Export opt-out playlist... command from File main menu. Opening a Playlist The common Save as dialog will appear where you can specify the opt-out playlist name. In the exported playlist, opt-out blocks are cleared and marked as empty. All items outside opt-out blocks are replaced with live items (one per block), preserving their duration. To open an existing playlist, use the Open... command from the File main menu or press the <Crtl+O> keyboard shortcut assigned by default: Page

67 Chapter 4: Working with Playlists It is possible to reassign the default shortcut used to open the existing playlist and to add a new combination(s) via the keyboard customizer. Refer to the Keyboard section of the Playlist Editor Mode chapter above for more information about the keyboard customization. Navigate to the playlist file location. Select the *.MCRlist file and press Open. All items saved on the playlist will appear in the playlist panel. When you open a playlist that was prepared in an older version of the Cinegy Air application, you will be prompted to convert it to the format that is supported by the current version: Press Yes to proceed with the conversion or No to cancel it. Note that after conversion the playlist will not be able to be used in previous versions of Cinegy Air. You will be prompted to save the current playlist before opening a new one. Opening Recent To open a recently used playlist, use the Open recent command from the File main menu: Inserting a Playlist Undo and Redo To insert another playlist after a selected item, choose the Insert the playlist after command from the context menu or File main menu. The standard Open dialog box appears. Browse to the desired file and press Open to add the playlist. It will be inserted after the selected program. The Undo menu command returns the playlist to the state it was in before the most recently executed command was completed. The keyboard shortcuts set for this action by default are <Alt+BackSpace> and <Ctrl+Z>. You can undo operations until you reach the last saved version of the playlist or the first operation with the recently created playlist. Page

68 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Use the Redo command from the Edit main menu to re-execute the command that was undone and to return the playlist to the state it was in before the Undo command was executed. The keyboard shortcut set for this action by default is <Ctrl+Y>. It is possible to reassign the default shortcuts for the Undo and Redo operations and add new combinations via the keyboard customizer. Refer to the Keyboard section of the Playlist Editor Mode chapter above for more information about the keyboard customization. Playlist Navigation Playlist Line Numbering The lines are numbered in a playlist table for your convenience: Find The Find command is used to search for specified material within the playlist. To launch the Find dialog, select the Find... command from the Edit main menu or press the <Ctrl+F> keyboard shortcut assigned by default. The Find window appears: In the Find what box enter the text you want to search for. In the Look in box choose one of the following options from the pull-down list: Block, Name, Description, Comment, or All Fields. Select the Match whole word only option to search for the whole word only. Select the Match case option to consider the text case when searching. Choose the direction of the search by setting the Up or Down radio buttons. Page

69 Chapter 4: Working with Playlists Having defined the parameters for the search, press the Find next button to start searching. To cancel a search in progress, press the Cancel button. The following window will appear, informing you when the search process is complete: It is possible to reassign the default shortcuts for the Find and Find next operations and add new combinations via the keyboard customizer. Refer to the Keyboard section of the Playlist Editor Mode chapter above for more information about the keyboard customization. Find Source To find the item source, select the desired item in the playlist and select the Find source command from the Item main menu. When the item source is found, the corresponding folder will be opened in the Windows Explorer, and the actual item will be highlighted. If the item source cannot be found in the Windows Explorer, an error occurs: Next and Previous For easy navigation through the playlist, use the Next and Prev buttons or the keyboard arrow keys and. To quickly move the item selection from any position to the top or bottom of the playlist, use <Ctrl + > or <Ctrl + >. You can toggle between columns with the <Tab> key. Page

70 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Printing a Playlist You can print a playlist by choosing the Print... command from the File main menu or pressing the <Ctrl+P> keyboard shortcut assigned by default. It is possible to reassign the default shortcut for the Print operation and add a new combination(s) via the keyboard customizer. Refer to the Keyboard section of the Playlist Editor Mode chapter above for more information about the keyboard customization. The standard print dialog box appears: Select a printer and set up printing properties. Page

71 Chapter 4: Working with Playlists Closing Having finished your work with Cinegy Air, hit <Alt+F4> or press the button to close the application. In playlist editor mode you will be prompted to save the changes made to the playlist: Page

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73 Chapter 5: Handling Playlist Items Chapter 5 Handling Playlist Items The playlist consists of separate playback items in the predefined order. Each item contains descriptive metadata (name, description, comment) and data that defines the given item processing and display. Read the following sections for explanation on how to add and handle the Cinegy Air playlist items: Adding Items to the Playlist Special Items Media Offline Subtitles Managing Items Viewing and Editing Items Programming Items Secondary Events RTP/UDP URL Page

74 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Adding Items to the Playlist The following items can be added to a playlist: media files in Cinegy Air supported formats (vob, mpg, avi, dv, wmv, bmp, jpg, gif, tif etc.), clips, Sequences, live, dummy and note items. Use the Insert command from the Item main menu for adding items to the playlist: To add a live item, a dummy item or insert a new comment to the playlist, select the corresponding command from the submenu. To add the desired MCRitems or item(s) in a Cinegy Air supported format, click the Insert > Item(s)... command. The Open dialog box appears: Browse for the file storage folder. Select one or several items in *.MCRitem format or change the Files of type option to All files and select files in any Cinegy Air supported format. Press Open to add selected files to the playlist. The item(s) will be inserted with the aspect ratio, defined in the Cinegy Air Configurator. For more details, see the Global Settings subsection of the General Configurations section in the Cinegy Air: Playout System chapter. If selected media files are not supported by Cinegy Air, the following error message appears: Page

75 Chapter 5: Handling Playlist Items There are three other ways to add an item (e.g. Sequence, clip from a Roll or ClipBin or document from a DocumentBin) to the playlist: by dragging-and-dropping it from the shared folder (inventory) via the Windows Explorer or via Inventory Browser in file browser mode; by dragging-and-dropping it from Inventory Browser in Cinegy Browser mode; by dragging-and-dropping it from the integrated browser window of the Cinegy Air PRO main window. Inventory Browser and the Cinegy Browser tab of the integrated browser window are not supported in Cinegy Air SOLO. Refer to the Integrated Browser section in the Cinegy Air: Playout System chapter earlier in this manual to learn more about the browser window. You can also add the media material in a Cinegy Air supported format by dragging-and-dropping it directly from the file storage via the Windows Explorer. If you are using footage from a removable media, and the media becomes unavailable, the item will be shown as media offline in your playlist. Learn more about media offline later in this manual. The diagram above demonstrates different ways of adding items to a playlist, as described previously: from Inventory Browser in both modes, from the browser window of the Cinegy Air PRO main window, and from the Windows explorer. Live, dummy and note items can be added via commands from the right-click menu or by pressing the appropriate buttons. This is explained below. Page

76 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Drag-and-Drop via Inventory Browser Inventory Browser is not supported in Cinegy Air SOLO. Drag-and-Drop in Cinegy Browser Mode Use Cinegy Browser mode to navigate to the desired item in the Cinegy Archive database; select the item and add it to the playlist via drag-and-drop. Drag-and-Drop in File Browser Mode Use file browser mode to navigate through local or removable media or folders (e.g. shared inventory folder) where *.MCRitem files are stored. Select an item and add it to the playlist via drag-and-drop. It is also possible to select multiple items and add them all to the playlist at the same time. Page

77 Chapter 5: Handling Playlist Items Drag-and-Drop via the Windows Explorer When composing a playlist, single or multiple Cinegy Air playlist items can be dragged-and-dropped from the Microsoft Windows Explorer. Use the Windows Explorer to navigate through local or removable media (e.g. shared inventory folder), select the item or items and add these to the playlist via drag-and-drop. If there are existing items already in the playlist, the new items will be inserted above the currently selected item. Drag-and-Drop of Video Files Use the Windows Explorer to drag-and-drop video file(s) in Cinegy Air supported format to the playlist. If you inserting an item into a newly created empty playlist, the program metadata will be substituted by the item metadata. Any subsequent items inserted will not affect the program metadata. To disable this feature, remove the selection of the Auto-propagate metadata to a program option in the Preferences dialog. Page

78 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Inserting Items and Playlists in Control Mode The Insert items window appears after you add a new playlist or when you add one or more items to the empty playlist table either in single channel or multi channel control mode: Here you can set the exact time and date when the inserted item will go on-air. The same window appears after you have added the follow item type to the end of the composed playlist after the last item had been broadcast in one of the control modes. Refer to the Single Channel Control Mode chapter later in this manual for details about working in single channel control mode. The items in the playlist for the current 24 hours are displayed in bold in one of the control modes. Source Error N Ensure that all the items being added to the playlist are of the compatible TV formats. Refer to the Playback Tab subsection of the Configuration section in the Cinegy Air: Playout System chapter earlier in this manual for the list of the compatible formats. Otherwise, the following error message appears: Special Items The Dummy Item You can insert a dummy item into the playlist by pressing the +Dummy button or by selecting the Insert > Dummy item command from the context menu. The default keyboard shortcut is <Shift+D>. It is possible to reassign the default shortcut used for a dummy item insertion and add a new combination(s) via the keyboard customizer. Refer to the Keyboard section of the Playlist Editor Mode chapter above for more information about the keyboard customization. Page

79 Chapter 5: Handling Playlist Items This item is a reserved empty item with a fixed duration. It is used to reserve a fixed amount of time in the schedule, to be filled later with item(s) of a corresponding duration. A dummy item is not broadcast. Operator must fill it in with appropriate clip(s) via the Windows Explorer or Inventory Browser before going on-air. If this item is not completely filled when the previous item in the playlist is on-air, the dummy item is not marked as cued and is automatically skipped; the next actual playlist item is marked as cued and is broadcast instead. Cinegy Archive integration and MCRItems are not supported in Cinegy Air SOLO. Until you fill in the dummy item appropriately is shown in red. By default, the dummy item duration is 15 minutes, but you can change the default duration in the Preferences dialog as described later in this chapter. The duration of an item cannot be less than 0.5 seconds. To fill in the dummy item, select the actual item in Inventory Browser or the Windows Explorer, keep the <Ctrl> key pressed and drag-and-drop the item into the selected dummy item position. The dummy item duration will be decreased by the value of the added item duration. The Live Item Depending on your playback configuration, a live signal goes from the defined input device or from IP (if the Use RTP/UDP input option is enabled) to output without being affected by Cinegy Air. Refer to the Playback Configuration section of the Cinegy Playout Configuration chapter in the Cinegy Playout Manual for details about setting up the input and output devices. Page

80 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Press the +Live button on the item editor panel to add a live item after the selected item. This command is also available from the Item main menu: Insert > Live item. The default keyboard shortcut is <Shift+L>. Having added a live item to the playlist, the follow item will be triggered as manual end. Clocked trigger type items will be unchanged. It is possible to reassign the default shortcut for a live item insertion and add a new combination(s) via the keyboard customizer. Refer to the Keyboard section of the Playlist Editor Mode chapter above for more information about the keyboard customization. Trigger types are explained later in this chapter. The Note Item By default, the live item duration is 15 minutes, but you can change the default duration in the Preferences dialog as described later in this chapter. The duration of an item cannot be less than 0.5 seconds. For live items the In point is always set to 00:00:00:00. Press the +Note button or select the Insert > Comment command from the Item main menu to add a note to the playlist above the currently selected item. Adding a note does not affect your time scale. To edit a note, double-click it or press <F2> and enter your new text. Hit <Esc> to cancel the operation. Media Offline If all media qualities for a particular footage are unavailable, the system displays the Media Offline text instead of showing the media material in Clip Viewer or in the preview window on the item editor panel. In this case, the emergency footage or Media Offline will be played back depending on the playout station configuration. Page

81 Chapter 5: Handling Playlist Items It is not possible to add a clip with unavailable footage to the playlist. In this case the error window appears: Subtitles Cinegy Air provides a simple way to burn-in the subtitles to the playout items in the playout list, before they are broadcast on air. External subtitle files of the following formats are currently supported: SRT, STL. Subtitles are not applied for Dummy and Live items. To apply a subtitle file to the specified playlist item, select the Subtitles > Insert subtitle track... command from its context menu and in the dialog that appears browse for the desired subtitle file: Page

82 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual In this dialog window you can also specify the font to customize the subtitles display. For this select the Use Font option and specify the font family, color and outline settings. The subtitles display settings and effects can be specified in one subtitle style template XML file. Thus the unified style can be used for all subtitles. For this remove the selection of the Use Font option and browse for the subtitle style template file: The subtitle style template XML file can be generated via Titler within Cinegy Desktop. Define the necessary parameters of the characters display and use the Save style as file command from the Titler main menu. Refer to the Titler section of the Working with Titles chapter in the Cinegy User Manual for detailed information on how to work with Titler. Managing Items Item Preferences To remove the subtitle track, select the corresponding command from the Subtitles submenu. Use the Place subtitles within safe area option for the subtitles to be displayed inside the inner boundaries of the safe area, ensuring that all subtitles text will be visible. In the Preferences dialog box, you can set the default duration for the newly created live, dummy and image items; set up the auto delete and auto update EPG parameters, and define other settings. Choose the Preferences... command from the Edit main menu; the following Preferences dialog appears: Page When specifying an item default duration, note that it cannot be less than 0.5 seconds. Live and dummy items are explained in detail earlier in this chapter.

83 Chapter 5: Handling Playlist Items Auto Delete The Auto Delete option does not affect the work in playlist editor mode. The Auto delete preferences allow you to set the following parameters: The Max expired option defines how many expired items will still be present in the playlist before the expired items automatic deletion. The Delete number option defines how many expired items will be automatically deleted from the playlist. Set the Max expired value to zero to disable the auto deleting process. Select the Auto-reconnect to the playout server option to enable automatic reconnection to the playout server in case of connection loss. Select the Auto-propagate metadata to a program option to enable automatic substitution of the specified metadata to the program properties. Select the Use italic font for the editable fields option to enable the use of italic fonts in the editable fields of the playlist. If the Consider Live as End of Automation option is enabled, the next live item start time is considered as a starting point for the End of automation countdown field. Otherwise this countdown shows the time left before the end of automation. Specify the background highlight color for the automatic and multichannel opt-out blocks in the playlist in the Automatic Opt-out blocks color and Multichannel Opt-out blocks color fields respectively. Auto Update EPG The Auto Update EPG option does not affect the work in playlist editor mode. The Enable option enables the auto update EPG option. Select the Enable in Offline option to enable automatic updating when offline. The Update delay option defines the delay time in seconds before updating the EPG. Select the Use 5 min approximation for EPG parameter to enable this option. The program will start at a time divisible by 5 min. For example, if the actual program start time is 09:23:00:00, the corresponding EPG item will start at 09:25:00:00. Multiselect It is easy to select more than one item at once. Hold the <Shift> key down while clicking the last item you wish to select. All the items between the first and last clicked ones become selected. To select all playlist items, use the <Ctrl+A> keyboard shortcut assigned by default or choose the Select all command from the Edit main menu. Page

84 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Copy and Paste The copy and paste commands are available from Edit main menu: Cut cuts the currently selected item(s). This command is available from the Edit main menu as shown above. The default keyboard shortcut for this action is <Shift+Delete>. To cut the selected item(s), you can also use the <Ctrl+X> keyboard shortcut. If the whole block is selected, it will be inserted before the currently selected item as a new block. Copy copies the currently selected item(s). This command is available from the right-click menu as shown above. The default keyboard shortcut for this action is <Ctrl+C>. Paste inserts an exact duplicate of the previously copied item. This is very useful if you want to copy an item from one position in the playlist to another. This command is available from the Edit main menu as shown above. The default keyboard shortcut for this action is <Ctrl+V>. Paste below inserts the copied data below the selected playlist item. You can also copy items by dragging-and-dropping them inside the list. Select an item and hold the <Ctrl> key down during the action. It is possible to reassign the default shortcuts for selecting the entire playlist and for the Copy and Paste operations as well as add new combinations via the keyboard customizer. Refer to the Keyboard section of the Playlist Editor Mode chapter above for more information about the keyboard customization. Moving an Item in the Playlist Replacing an Item in the Playlist To move an item to another playlist position, simply drag-and-drop it. To replace an existing Cinegy Air playlist item with another one, drag a new playlist item from Inventory Browser or the Windows Explorer over the item that you wish to replace and drop it while holding the <Ctrl> key down. Inventory Browser is not supported in Cinegy Air SOLO. An error message appears if you try to replace an item with another item of different duration: if the new item duration is longer than the original, the following dialog box appears: Page

85 Chapter 5: Handling Playlist Items Choose Yes to save the original duration. In this case the clip Out point will be shifted according to the original duration. Choose No to accept the duration of the new item without changes. Abort the replacement by pressing Cancel. if the new item duration is shorter than the original, the following dialog box appears: Press the Yes button to apply the new item duration or No to cancel the replacement. Removing an Item You can remove an item from a playlist by pressing the Remove button or by selecting the Remove command from the Edit main menu. The default keyboard shortcut for this operation is <Delete>. It is possible to reassign the default shortcut for the Remove operation and add a new combination(s) via the keyboard customizer. Refer to the Keyboard section of the Playlist Editor Mode chapter above for more information about the keyboard customization. Adding a Comment To make a comment on an item, simply double-click the Comment field of the item in your playlist and add or edit the text. Hit <Esc> to cancel the operation. Renaming Items You can change the item name by double-clicking the selected item name field and entering a new name. It is also possible to rename the selected item in the item name field on the selected item editor panel (on the left) by using the <F2> keyboard shortcut for renaming. You can cancel the operation by hitting <Esc>. Page

86 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Refreshing Items in a Playlist This feature allows you to easily and rapidly renew any item in a playlist. All you need to do is prepare new content for the item and then overwrite the old item in the storage. Refresh Selected Refresh All This command allows you to refresh selected item with an updated one. To perform this action, select the item you wish to refresh and select the Refresh selected command from the File main menu. Select the Refresh all command from the File main menu to refresh all items in the playlist. Every item in the playlist will be updated if its content in the storage has been changed. Once the Refresh command has been completed, the report window will be displayed: Refreshing affects only MCRitems added to the playlist. Aspect Ratio The Orig Asp column displays the original aspect ratio of the item. To set the source aspect ratio for files inserted into a playlist, select the required value from the Orig Asp pull-down list: To change the target aspect ratio, choose the required format from the Targ Asp pull-down list. If the Stretch value is selected, the target video stream is stretched to fill the entire frame. Changing the target aspect ratio affects only the broadcasting video stream and does not modify the original item appearance. Page

87 Chapter 5: Handling Playlist Items Playout Conversion Depending on the playlist item aspect ratio and considering the playout server aspect parameters, the appearance of the broadcast item on the playout screen can differ. The following table displays all possible combinations in detail: Original aspect ratio Target aspect ratio Description 16:9 channel aspect ratio 4:3 The 4:3 video is placed in the center of the 16:9 screen. Vertical black bars (pillars) are added on each side of the frame. 14:9 The 4:3 video is placed in the center of the screen. The top and bottom of the original frame are cropped to 14:9, and black bars are added on each side. 4:3 16:9 The top and bottom of the original frame are cropped to the 16:9 aspect ratio. Stretch The original frame is stretched horizontally to fill the entire frame resulting in distortion of image. 4:3 channel aspect ratio 16:9 4:3 The widescreen video is cropped on the left and on the right. Only the main part of the image is shown. Page

88 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual 14:9 The widescreen video is placed in the center of the screen. The sides of the image are cropped to 14:9 and narrow black bars are added to the top and bottom. 16:9 16:9 The black bars are added above and below the image preserving the entire 16:9 video. Stretch The original frame is stretched vertically to fill the entire frame resulting in distortion of image. Custom Metadata Cinegy Desktop allows to add custom metadata to video materials that are stored in Cinegy Archive database. Refer to the Descriptors, Presets subsection within the Metadata and Nodes section in the Cinegy Enterprise Manager chapter of the Installation and Maintenance Manual for details on how to create metadata fields. The custom metadata descriptors can have text or boolean values. Video material along with defined custom metadata can be exported as MCRitem and then used in a Cinegy Air playlist. Custom metadata values can also be used in Cinegy Type templates with corresponding macros for sending to playout. Refer to the Macros section within the Variable chapter in the Cinegy Type Manual for detailed description of working with macros. Page

89 Chapter 5: Handling Playlist Items Having inserted an MCRitem into the playlist, select the Custom Metadata... command from the Item main menu: Alternatively, use the Custom metadata command from the selected item context menu. The Custom metadata dialog will appear listing all available descriptors and their values for the currently selected item. Select the corresponding descriptor, it will be displayed in the playlist table in the new column: Page

90 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual To show all available custom metadata, use the Display all custom metadata command from the View main menu: It will analyze all playlist items and create a column for each available custom metadata descriptor with their values display. Viewing and Editing Items Clip Viewer The custom metadata values can be changed directly in the playlist table. Select the item you wish to play back and press the View button on the item editor panel or choose the Preview command from the right-click menu. This command is also available from the Item main menu. The Clip Viewer window appears. Then press the Play button to play the clip in Clip Viewer. All the clip editing controls are disabled in this mode. Page

91 Chapter 5: Handling Playlist Items VANC Data Display Clip Viewer can be set up to display the embedded VANC data. To enable this feature, right-click anywhere within the Clip Viewer window and select the Show VANC option: The additional panel will be displayed at the bottom of the window showing the available VANC data. To hide the VANC data panel, deselect the Show VANC option in the context menu. Closed Captions Display It is possible to display embedded closed captions in Cinegy Clip Viewer. To do this, right-click anywhere within the Clip Viewer window and select the corresponding closed captions channel in the Closed Caption cascaded menu: Page

92 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual The video display will include the closed captions text: The closed captions preview on the playout control panel can be enabled/disabled via the Closed Caption submenu from the Playout main menu: Page

93 Chapter 5: Handling Playlist Items The closed captions text will also be displayed on the monitor panel: The playout control and monitor panels are described in detail later in this manual. Audio Preview The VU meter is shown on the right of Clip Viewer. It shows peak and integrated audio levels in the db scale as the master output for all the enabled audio channels mixed together. There are two speaker buttons below the audio scale. The speaker buttons allow you to mute an individual left/right audio channel or both audio channels simultaneously. To learn how to use the VU meter, refer to the Audio Controls section of the Single Channel Control Mode chapter below. Page

94 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Editing in Clip Viewer To edit an item, select it in the playlist and press the Edit button on the item editor panel or choose the Edit in the clip viewer context menu command. This command is also available from the Item main menu. The Clip Viewer window appears. You can also preview the clip before and after editing. Use Clip Viewer to: cut the clip; set the In and Out points; delete the In and Out points; navigate Edit points. The In point represents the beginning of the In frame, and the Out point represents the end of the Out frame (or the beginning of the next frame). The duration of the item cannot be less than 0.5 seconds. Cutting an Item The Razor command allows you to cut a clip at the current time slider position. It is not possible to set the In and Out points and split the clip simultaneously. You should first split the clip and then set new In and Out points. Setting and Deleting In and Out Points Press the In button or hit the <I> or <E> key to trim your clip from the left. To delete the In point, press the Delete In button (inversed In). Press the Out button or hit the <O> or <R> key to trim your clip from the right. To delete the Out point, press the Delete Out button (inversed Out). Page

95 Chapter 5: Handling Playlist Items Moving to the Next or Previous Edit Point You can use the Jump to clip event buttons to move from event to event. Events are: start, end of a clip, In and Out points. Use the Previous event button to navigate to the previous edit events. You can also use the <A> key to jump to the previous clip event. Use the Next event button to jump to the next event. You can also use the <S> key to jump to the next clip event. Closing Clip Viewer Press the X button or the <Esc> key to close Clip Viewer. When closing Clip Viewer, the following error message appears if the In and Out points are not set correctly. You should keep in mind that the new duration value cannot be higher than the original or less than 0.5 seconds. All changes made during editing can be undone and redone with the Undo and Redo commands from the right-click menu. Playback Quality Degradation The In and Out Columns To improve the reliability of the system, the quality degradation feature has been introduced. If the required quality goes offline for some reason, the next lower quality will be played back on-air with the frame-to-frame correspondence, without interrupting playout. When no lower quality is found, the emergency footage or Media Offline will be played back depending on the playout station configuration. If the required quality eventually goes online, the playback quality will be restored. To correct In and Out timecodes manually, simply double-click the In or Out table column you wish to change and enter a new timecode. You should keep in mind that the new duration value cannot be higher than the original or less than 0.5 seconds. The following error messages appear if the In or Out points are not set correctly: or Page

96 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Managing Interrupted Items If the clip was interrupted by an urgent item during the broadcast (by using the Start Cued command), the operator can easily resume the playback of this clip. This feature is especially useful if it is a long clip, e.g. a movie. The marker point is created at the time of broadcast interruption. When the interrupted item is copied and pasted or dragged-and-dropped to the lower part of the playlist after the currently broadcast item, you can open it in Cinegy Clip Viewer in the editing mode (using the Edit button on the panel or the Edit in the clip viewer context menu command), easily find the interruption point and adjust Mark In accordingly. If several playlist items are copied, and one of them is the interrupted item, the marker point is not created for it. Programming Items Setting Trigger Types You can set the trigger type of the selected item to: follow manual end clocked or join-in-progress by pressing the respective button. Page

97 Chapter 5: Handling Playlist Items The corresponding icon is shown in the Start or End column of the item depending on the trigger type. N These trigger icons are also displayed on the timeline. Refer to the Working with the Timeline section in the Control Mode chapter later in this manual for more details. Follow Manual End The selected item will start automatically on completion of the previous item. The <Shift+F> keyboard shortcut, assigned by default, sets follow play mode. The selected item will end when initiated manually. The <Shift+M>keyboard shortcut, assigned by default, sets manual play mode. When a manual end item is copied, the trigger type remains unchanged. Clocked The manual end trigger can be set to the currently played item but only if there are more than 0.5 seconds left until its end. The selected item will start at the specified time. The <Shift+C> keyboard shortcut, assigned by default, sets clocked play mode. When a clocked item is copied, the trigger type changes to follow. When the clocked item trigger type and start time are set correctly, the following items will fill the corresponding blocks one after another with no holes. You can set the fixed start time for any item by changing its trigger type into the clocked type. The following items start time will be recalculated automatically according to the time defined. Join-in-Progress The selected item will shorten if the previous item is longer than expected (e.g. live item). The <Shift+J> keyboard shortcut, assigned by default, sets join-in-progress play mode. If the previous item overrun is longer than the duration of the join-in-progress item, it will be skipped. It is possible to reassign the default shortcuts used to set follow, manual end or clocked mode for the item and to add new combinations via the keyboard customizer. Refer to the Keyboard section of the Playlist Editor Mode chapter above for more information about the keyboard customization. Page

98 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Loop You can force the items to play in loop until you manually start the next item. To set the item as the first element of the loop, select the Set loop start command from the item context menu or use the Loop button on the item editor panel. To set the item as the last element of the loop, select the Set loop end command or use the L. End button on the item editor panel. The respective icons will be displayed in the End column. Item Properties To manually start the item outside the loop, cue it and then use the Start Cued button or the corresponding command from the Playout main menu. If there is a clocked item outside the loop, it will be started on its defined start time and the loop will exit. The Properties option is not available for comment items. This dialog allows you to specify the properties for the selected item. To view and edit, if needed, item properties, select the item and choose the Properties context menu command. The following Item properties dialog box appears: General Tab This dialog contains two tabs that are described below. On this tab, general item properties are defined. Page

99 Chapter 5: Handling Playlist Items Name Here you can assign the name of the selected item. Trigger Type Here you can redefine the trigger type (follow, clocked or join-in-progress) for the selected item. Manual End Select the Manual end option to set the item trigger type to manual end. Original Aspect Here you can define the original aspect ratio of the item. Target Aspect Here you can define the target aspect ratio for the video stream of the selected item. Date Start This option is only available for clocked items. Remove the selection of the Auto option to specify the start date manually. Press the button to the right of the date and the following dialog box appears: Here you can specify the start date for the following item. Today s date is marked with the blue frame, and the selected date is shown against the blue background. Navigate through the months with the < and > arrows. It is not possible to set the date in the past. Start Here you can set the start time for the clocked item. To do this, simply enter a new time in the Start field via the keyboard in the hours:minutes:seconds:frames format. If the specified date or start time for the selected item has already passed, you will be informed about it with the following error message: Page

100 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual If the start time for the current item is later than the start time of the next clocked item, all items up to the next clocked item will be interpreted as past due and will be skipped from playing. Duration Here you can correct the duration of the selected live or dummy item. The default duration for live and/or dummy items can be changed in program preferences. The corresponding dialog can be opened using the Preferences... command from the Edit main menu. In and Out Here you can correct the In and Out timecodes manually. You should keep in mind that the new duration value cannot be higher than the original or less than 0.5 seconds. This option is locked for live and dummy items. Comment Skip Here you can edit a comment for the selected item. Select the Skip option to set the status for the selected item to skipped. The current item will be skipped from playing in one of the control modes. Parameters Tab N On this tab, you can define the audio matrix preset choosing the required one from the corresponding pull-down list. Refer to the Ducking sub-subsection within the Predefined Commands subsection of the Secondary Events section later in this chapter to learn more about audio matrix presets. For live items only, select the RTP/UDP Live Source option to enable the live RTP/UDP input stream selection via the channel browser. Page

101 Chapter 5: Handling Playlist Items RTP/UDP Source Selection Use this command to select the live RTP/UDP input stream for the selected live item. All the present streams can be registered on the Channel Directory Server. This server can be installed on any dedicated PC and can be used by all ingest and playout stations. When you select the RTP Source command, the channel browser appears: In the top field enter the localhost if the Channel Directory Server is installed on your PC locally; otherwise enter the Channel Directory Server IP address or network name if it is being used remotely. Press Browse. Having connected to the Channel Directory Server, you can browse the registered streams as shown below: To analyze the availability of the registered streams, press the Analyze button; unavailable streams will be grayed out in the channel browser tree. Here select the RTP or UDP source to be used for the currently selected live item as the live input stream. Page

102 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Start Time To set the specific start time for the selected item, set its trigger type to clocked and enter the new start time on the start indicator on the item editor panel: The start time can also be changed in the Start Time playlist column. The start time for each non-clocked item is calculated automatically based on the previous clocked item start time and the duration of the preceding items. If the start time is not set properly and there are gaps between timecodes of the items in the playlist, (for instance, when the item start time has been set manually), then the incorrect timecode is displayed in red and the previous item duration is displayed in blue. The time value in the Variance column indicates the schedule disruptions ( + indicates a gap in the schedule, while indicates the item overlaps with the next item). If the gap between two items is more than 24 hours, it will be displayed as >24 in the Variance column. The exact value of the time gap is specified in the item properties. When the selected item start time is set, its countdown time starts. The countdown Time to Start timer is located on the item editor panel: Start Time Auto-Calculation Time Controls Cinegy Air performs automatic start time recalculation if the start time or duration of one or more items is changed. This happens if an item is added, removed or skipped, or if the In and Out points are shifted. If you set a fixed start time for a clocked item and time gaps appear, you can change the trigger type to follow and the start time will automatically be recalculated. There are fields on the item editor panel representing information about start time, duration and date of the selected item. Page

103 Chapter 5: Handling Playlist Items It is easy to control the time left until start, with the help of the countdown timer on the item editor panel. Skip To set or cancel the skip status for the selected Cinegy Air playlist items or the whole program, use the Skip button on the item editor panel. To set or cancel the skip status for the selected block(s), use the Skip block command from the cascaded Block menu in the right-click menu. The overall time and duration calculations are not affected by the skipped item duration and secondary events. The items in the skipped program or block are also excluded from calculations. Status The column displays the possible status values of an item. In playlist editor mode they are: the item is ready for playout the item is skipped live item dummy item the item is empty In control mode possible status values of an item are as follows: Secondary Events the item is already broadcast the item is on-air the item is ready for playout the item is skipped live item the item is cued dummy item the item is empty The secondary events panel is located at the bottom of the application and has a table view with the following columns: Offset defines the time offset from the item start; Specify the offset value to be able to edit the Device and Command fields. Page

104 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual From defines whether offset is calculated from the beginning or from the end of a primary item; Absolute defines the time when the event will be sent to the device (is set automatically depending on the offset value); Name defines the name of the secondary event; Description specifies the event description; Device defines the device that will receive the event; Command defines the command; Option1 3 defines the command options; ID defines the secondary event ID which is logged into the as-run log for every event raised. The secondary events table for the Cinegy Type command Setting Parameters for Secondary Events Setting Offset There are two ways to set the offset: you can enter it manually into the offset field (in hours:minutes:seconds:frames); it can be calculated automatically. To do this, select the Find the event offset... context menu command. Page

105 Chapter 5: Handling Playlist Items The Cinegy clip viewer window appears: Favorites Find the desired frame and press the arrow button. The offset will be automatically calculated and recorded into the offset field of the secondary events table. To cancel the operation, hit the <Esc> key. Selected events can be added to the list of frequently used events (Favorites) from the right-click menu: Add to the Favorites. The following dialog appears: Specify a more meaningful name of the Favorite event or leave the default one. You can add an event to the root of Favorites, or organize it into a separate group. To create a new group of events, press the New Group button: Enter the name of your custom group and specify the group where it will be located. Having specified the name and the location of your Favorite event, press OK. The event with its parameters will be added to the list of Favorite events. Page

106 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual To edit and organize your Favorite events, use the Edit Favorites context menu command. The following window will appear: In this editor you can edit and delete events as well as add new groups and events. To add a new group here, select the new group location folder, press the New Group button and enter the group name. When no folder is selected, the new group will be created in the root catalog. You can organize elements by selecting them and dragging-and-dropping them to the desired position or folder. To add a new Favorite event, press the New Item button and manually fill in all necessary fields for the secondary event in the following form: Page

107 Chapter 5: Handling Playlist Items Similarly, you can edit the existing Favorite event by pressing the Edit button and changing the required field value: Having made all necessary changes, press OK to close the editor window and apply the changes. To insert a stored Favorite event into the events table, simply select the event you need from the rightclick menu > Insert from the Favorites. The event with its options will be added to the events table. The Insert all command is available within a group of Favorites events to insert all group items at once. Secondary events can be also applied via the Add events from Favorites command from playlist item right-click menu. This allows applying secondary events to multiple selected playlist items. Page

108 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Predefined Commands The following group of context menu commands of the secondary events panel allows you to add and set up the secondary events parameters: Logotype Managing Cinegy Air allows you to add a logotype to one or several channels simultaneously, i.e. HD and SD playouts may have their own logos. It can be done via the Cinegy Basic Overlay Editor as it is described below. Show Use the Basic Overlay > Show... command to show a logotype on the screen over the top of the currently broadcast item content. When you select the Show... command, the Cinegy Basic Overlay Editor dialog appears: This dialog consists of two parts: Edit Basic Overlay, where you can define the logo settings, and Preview, where you can preview the selected logotype. The TV Format list contains all video formats supported by the Cinegy system. If the chosen TV format differs from the Cinegy Air playlist TV format, your logotype will not be displayed. Use the Align pull-down list to specify the logo location on the screen. If you need to use video instead of a static image as your logotype, you can define whether it will be played back in loop or not. To do it, click the cell of the corresponding TV format in the Loop column and select or remove the selection of the checkbox. By default, the loop playback is enabled. To specify the fade-in time of the logotype on the screen, set the time value in the Fade column by pressing the or button or entering the desired value via the keyboard. The fade must be between 0.0 and 10.0 sec. Page

109 Chapter 5: Handling Playlist Items Click the cell of the corresponding TV format in the File column and press the button to browse the folder where graphic files (with any of the following extensions: *.tga; *.bmp; *.tif; *.jpg; *.png; *.gif; *.psd) or video files (in any media file format supported by Cinegy) are stored. Having selected the file for the logo and specified its parameters, press the OK button to apply the settings. The Show command will be added to the command table. To change the parameters for the selected channel logotype, you can also use the Properties... command from the right-click menu. An example with the Cinegy logo imprinted in the upper right corner is shown below. Hide To hide the logo, use the Basic Overlay > Hide command from the context menu. The corresponding command will be added to the secondary events panel. N Offset Time It is also possible to define the offset time for showing/hiding your logotype. To do this, doubleclick the cell in the Offset column for the desired playlist item and enter the offset value using the keyboard. If the item duration value is higher than the offset time defined, your logotype will not be shown/hidden according to your settings and the absolute time value will be displayed in blue. In control mode, the Offset and Absolute values are read-only for the items being played back. Cinegy Type Show Use this command to add the CG templates, previously created via the Cinegy Type tool. Refer to the Cinegy Type Manual for detailed information on how to create CG templates. Page

110 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Select the layer for the CG scene. The Logo layer is a topmost layer; all other layers are displayed in a numerical order. The Type Template Browser dialog will appear: Refer to the Global Settings sub-subsection in the corresponding playout mode subsection in the General Configurations section within the Cinegy Air: Playout System chapter earlier in this manual to learn how to set up the repository directory. Page

111 Chapter 5: Handling Playlist Items In the Information field, the basic CG template data, such as its name, duration and TV format are displayed. The number of missing media files (if any) is displayed in the Missing Media string. In the Repository field, you will see the list of available CG templates of the corresponding TV format. Choose the CG template you want to add; its preview will be displayed in the Preview window. You can view any frame of the template by dragging the time slider or using the playback buttons. The arrow buttons jump to the first and last frame respectively. The Play/Pause button toggles playback mode. The Template parameters table shows the CG template variables. You can edit the value of each variable by double-clicking in the Value field. The template variables are only displayed when the Export checkbox is selected for the respective value on the Variable tab of the Cinegy Type tool. If you want to save a template with new parameters as a separate template, press the Save as new template button and specify the location for the new template. Having set up all the necessary parameters, press OK. Hide Use this command to stop the specified CG scene layer display. When adding an item or loading a playlist that contains a Cinegy Type template missing in its configured repository, the following notification will be displayed: Press the Ignore All button to disable error messages about missing Cinegy Type templates during the current Cinegy Air work session. Page

112 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Cinegy Capture The Cinegy Capture secondary event is used to control recording tasks. Please note that for recording tasks to be carried out, Cinegy Capture Engine service should be configured and started. Also Engine templates should be created for this Cinegy Capture Engine. Refer to the Cinegy Capture Manual for detailed description of setup and work with Cinegy Capture modules. The Cinegy Capture secondary event can be used to record the broadcast. For this, Cinegy Air output should be set up and Cinegy Capture service should be set up to receive this as an incoming stream. Then, using the secondary commands described below, you can control the recording session. Start Recording This command is used to start the recording session. Having selected this command, you will see the following dialog: Page

113 Chapter 5: Handling Playlist Items Here define the server name where the Cinegy Capture Engine is launched, and specify the Engine service number to be recorded. After that press the Validate and get templates button: If connection with Cinegy Capture Engine is successfully validated (status changes to Ready ), the list of templates becomes available. Select the corresponding template and press Ok to finish the secondary event creation. Stop Recording To stop the Cinegy Capture recording job, use the Stop Recording... command. The following dialog appears: Specify the server name and Cinegy Capture Engine service number, then press the Validate button to establish connection. When connection is successfully validated, press Ok button to finish creating the secondary event. Page

114 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Split Clip The Split Clip... command is used to force a new clip creation during the recording session at a time defined as a secondary event start. Having selected this command, you will see the following dialog: Specify the server name and Cinegy Capture Engine service number, then press the Validate button to establish connection. When connection is successfully validated, press Ok button to finish creating the secondary event. Secondary Recording Record On Use this command to define the recording parameters and turn the recording on. Select the Record on command; the following dialog box appears: Here define the path to the file that will be recorded and enter the recorder ID via the keyboard. Record Off Use the Record off command to turn off the recorder; the following dialog box appears: In the Name field, enter the name of the recorder to be turned off. Page

115 Chapter 5: Handling Playlist Items The virtual device RECORDER is added as a secondary event. The command format is as follows: Device Command Option1 Option2 Comment RECORDER ON <output_file_name> <recorder_id> Start recording RECORDER OFF - <recorder_id> Stop recording Secondary Events Table N It starts or stops the recording into an MPEG file by the recorder referenced by Option2 (<recorder_ id>). The Record on... / Record off... operations performance is represented in the secondary events table shown above. Audio Ducking Use this command to enable/disable audio ducking (playback of audio file with defined volume level reduction of all other audio channels) as a secondary event. First you need to specify the audio matrix source file that defines the ducking matrix to apply. This can be done via the Cinegy Air Configurator. The Audio Ducking option is available only if a valid path for audio matrix presets is defined in Cinegy Air Configurator. For more details, please refer to the General Configurations section within the Cinegy Air: Playout System chapter earlier in this manual. The ducking matrices can be configured by editing the source XML file according to your needs. After specifying the audio matrix file the Ducking command will be available for adding as a secondary event. Select the Audio Ducking > Start Time... context menu command: Page

116 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual A common Open dialog appears: Here select a secondary audio file to be used for ducking, a required ducking preset from the corresponding pull-down list and press the Open button. The automatic half a second fade in and fade out of the main program audio are added before and after the ducking event correspondingly. The corresponding SHOW command will be added for the *AUDIO device on the secondary events panel. To turn ducking off, use the Audio Ducking > Stop context menu command. N Event Service This submenu provides access to the following supported external devices: VikinX SDI Crosspoint Kramer SDI Router Sealevel GPI Blackmagic Videohub Harris Router NVISION Router UTAH Scientific The Open API is available for the customers to implement the support for any other devices. The controlling commands syntax is described in the Cinegy Air Event Service API Manual available on the portal. Page

117 Chapter 5: Handling Playlist Items N HTTP Callls Cinegy Air can natively generate HTTP calls to control other Cinegy Air instances, or any 3rd party devices supporting REST protocol. The syntax is as follows: Device: *HTTP Command: request method (GET/POST) Op1: URL Op2: request body (for POST) Op3: optional HTTP headers, separated by /r/n. The last header should not have /r/n. Refer to the HTTP API documentation of the Cinegy products for details. RTP/UDP URL The RTP/UDP URL string defines the RTP/UDP stream source in various components of the IP streaming solution. Usually this URL is generated automatically, but sometimes for various reasons you may need to change this manually. The RTP URL format description is given below in the general structure: rtp://@<streamip>:<port>/?serviceid=<programpid>&videopid=<videostream Pid>&audioPids=<AudioStreamsPids> For the UDP URLs the resource type is udp://. where: StreamIP defines the stream IP in the following format: [SourceIP][@MulticastIP] It has the following meaning: If only SourceIP is specified, the unicast streaming from this IP will be used. If only MulticastIP is specified, the stream from this multicast group will be used, from any source. If both SourceIP and MulticastIP are specified, the only source defined by SourceIP from the specified multicast group will be used. Port defines the port that will be used for streaming. ProgramPid defines the program PID that will be used. VideoStreamPid defines the video stream PID in the program. If none is specified, the first available video stream PID will be used. AudioStreamsPids defines the audio streams PIDs in the program divided by a comma (e.g. audiopids=136,137 ). Setting the VideoStreamPid and AudioStreamsPid parameters is optional. Page

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119 Chapter 6: Single Channel Control Mode Chapter 6 Single Channel Control Mode Single channel control mode represents one type of control mode in the Cinegy Air application. It is designed for going on-air and broadcasting playlists composed in playlist editor mode within one playout channel. The following sections explain Cinegy Air single channel control mode in detail: Starting the Application The Control Mode Interface Connecting to the Playout Server Working with Items in Single Channel Control Mode Navigation Working with the Timeline Audio Controls Time Controls Channel Preview Page

120 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Starting the Application We recommend reading previous chapters prior to this chapter to get familiar with the interface and understand the basic functionality of the Cinegy Air application. Before working with Cinegy Air, you can define the startup protection parameters and assign the users with the privileges to log in to the application. Refer to the Security subsection of the Single Channel Control Mode section in the Cinegy Air: Playout System chapter earlier in this manual to learn how to activate the security protection. When launching Cinegy Air with the security protection activated, the interface will be locked, all the controls will be inactive. To activate the interface, choose the Unlock air control... command from the Playout main menu. You will be asked to authorize the application: Here enter the user name and password and press OK. In the case when the entered user name and/or password is invalid, the login fails and the following error message appears: The Control Mode Interface The control mode interface is made up of six panels: the on-air control panel; the playout control panel; the playlist; the timeline; the item editor panel; and the secondary events panel. Page

121 Chapter 6: Single Channel Control Mode The Control Mode Interface Sample The main window may also contain the Browser window (on the left) when it is enabled via the View > Browser window main menu command. The playout control and item editor panel can be hidden so that you will only see the top panel and the playlist. Page

122 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual If all three tags are unchecked and the timeline is hidden, the main window will be represented as follows: Playlist Caption The Cinegy Air window caption displays the version number, the currently open playlist name, and the playout server. Main Menu The main application menu provides access to the commands for working with a playlist and its items. In control mode it looks as follows: The Playout menu is not available in playlist editor mode. The On-Air Control Panel Here you will find the countdown and clock displays of the current on-air item, as well as the system time and buttons that control playback. Page

123 Chapter 6: Single Channel Control Mode The Playout Control Panel The playout control panel is only available in control mode. There are two control monitors. The first monitor (on the left) shows the item that is currently being broadcast. The second monitor (on the right) shows the first frame of the next cued item that will be broadcast next. It is possible to swap the position of the control monitors. To do this, open the Cinegy Air Configurator and select the Swap control monitors option: To show or hide (toggle) the playout control panel, use the <Ctrl+P> keyboard shortcut set by default or use the View main menu > Playout control panel. It is possible to reassign the default shortcut used to show/hide the playout control panel and to add a new combination(s) via the keyboard customizer. Refer to the Keyboard section of the Playlist Editor Mode chapter above for more information about the keyboard customization. VANC Data Display If a media file contains VANC (Vertical Ancillary Data Space) data, it will be displayed on the playout control panel on the corresponding control monitor. The following VANC information is available in Cinegy Air: CC (Closed Captions) indicates if closed captions are present in the current media file. AFD (Active Format Description) displays the active picture aspect ratio. PR (Parental Rating) displays the TV parental guidelines rating of the current media content. AFD Data The following table shows the AFD codes for different aspect ratios of the active image: 16:9 output 4:3 output Target aspect ratio AFD code 4: : : otherwise : : : otherwise 1000 Page

124 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual The Playlist Panel The playlist in control mode is similar to the playlist in playlist editor mode. All columns are available to you and can be managed using the Customize column management tool. All items in the playlist have a background color that changes depending on the item status. Refer to the Playlist Editor Mode chapter for full details on all available columns and their management. Refer to the Item Status, Coloring and Font section later in this chapter for details about playlist coloring. The Timeline The timeline panel represents the playlist as a horizontal timeline with the corresponding coloring. The current playout position is marked with a red triangle. Refer to the Working with the Timeline section later in this chapter for more details. The Item Editor Panel The item editor panel is used to edit individual items, add items, new blocks and new programs to the playlist and navigate through the playlist. The preview window is located on the left of this panel. It shows the first frame of the selected item. To show or hide (toggle) the item editor panel, use the <Ctrl+E> keyboard shortcut set by default or use the main menu View > Item editing panel > Show command. The panel can also be undocked and opened in the separate window using the Dock command. The undocked panel can be closed via the Close button. It is possible to reassign the default shortcut used to show/hide the item editor panel and to add a new combination(s) via the keyboard customizer. Refer to the Keyboard section of the Playlist Editor Mode chapter above for more information about the keyboard customization. Page

125 Chapter 6: Single Channel Control Mode The Secondary Events Panel This panel provides an interface to manage secondary events from external devices for the selected item. The secondary events panel can be hidden using the main menu View > Item editing panel > Secondary events command. Connecting to the Playout Server Make sure that your playout server is correctly configured and the dongle hardware is installed. If Cinegy License Service or the dongle is not installed, your broadcasting session will have the Cinegy Demo Version message imprinted. Refer to the Installation section in the Cinegy Air: Playout System chapter earlier in this manual for server installation and configuration details. The dongle driver is installed automatically during the Cinegy License Service installation. Start the Cinegy Air application in control mode. You need to establish connection to the playout server. To do this, activate the ON/OFF bar and press the Connect button. If the connection is successful, all Cinegy Air functions are activated. If you wish to release the connection, simply press the Connect button one more time. The playlist coloring will be removed and all management buttons will be disabled. Page

126 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual When you try to establish connection with a Cinegy Playout instance that someone else has already been connected to, you will receive a notification: Server Controls In this window the information about current connection is provided. Press the Yes button to break the current connection and connect to the configured Cinegy Playout instance. Choose No to cancel your connection and reconfigure the engine. If you are using master and slave servers, your playlist will be playing into two playout servers at the same time. Change the server priority (master/slave) from the ON/OFF menu. The current servers statuses are shown on top of the playout control panel. The possible combinations of control monitors are shown below: Server Connection Loss If Cinegy Air loses connection to the connected playout server, the channel tab will blink with red color and the on-air item control monitor will freeze on the last frame broadcast before the connection loss. The following dialog box appears: Page The system will try to reconnect automatically after a 10-second interval. Press the Connect button to reconnect immediately.

127 Chapter 6: Single Channel Control Mode EPG Communication The EPG service is only available when there is a registered Electronic Program Guide (EPG) supporting module by NDS (NDSGateWay.dll) on the current computer. It is not supported in Cinegy Air SOLO. To bring EPG information to the NDS server, use the EPG command from the File main menu: N Here you can choose the EPG schedule update mode: - Upload to SSR; - Update. It is possible to assign the shortcuts for the EPG upload operations via the keyboard customizer. Refer to the Keyboard section of the Playlist Editor Mode chapter above for more information about the keyboard customization. Upload to SSR Uploads the whole playlist to SSR. This command is used when a new playlist is loaded or after a playlist is completed in playlist editor mode. Update Uploads only the changes made to the playlist since the last update/upload procedure to the NDS server. The upload command affects only those items modified, deleted or restored as well as items with a changed start time. Automatic Updates The update command is performed automatically at defined intervals or manually using the Update command. To enable the auto update EPG option, select the Enable option in the Preferences dialog. Refer to the Item Preferences section in the Handling Playlist Items chapter earlier in this manual for details about GPI configuring. Working with Items in Single Channel Control Mode In control mode you can do nearly all operations that you can do in playlist editor mode with the following differences: the item will be copied in case you wish to move passed, on-air or cued items; the item cannot be edited in Clip Viewer if it is on-air. Refer to the Handling Playlist Items chapter earlier in this manual for detailed descriptions of working with items. The playlist items are played back one by one from the first clocked item on the schedule in accordance to the following item start time. If there is a gap between successive items, the last frame of the previous played item will be broadcast until the new item goes on-air. Page

128 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Item Status, Coloring and Font All items in the playlist have a background color. The color changes according to the item status. The coloring and styles of the playlist entry can also be changed according to playlist programming. Description is given in the diagram below: To disable the use of italic fonts in the playlist s editable fields, deselect the Use italic font for the editable fields option in the Preferences window. Refer to the Item Preferences section in the Handling Playlist Items chapter for details. Proxied Items Items proxying is not supported in Cinegy Air SOLO. If you configure Use proxy, every item will be proxied in the background process. The items proxy status is shown in % in the playlist Proxy column. The proxy value for the on-air item only shows a rate of proxying for the material yet to be played back without regard to the part that has already been played back. In order to use the item proxying during the ingest, the following conditions should be met: the Ignore EOF option (defined in the Cinegy Playout configurator) should remain unchecked; Refer to the Proxy Tab sub-subsection in The Playout Engine Configuration subsection of the Configuration section within the Cinegy Playout Manual for detailed information on the Ignore EOF option. Page

129 Chapter 6: Single Channel Control Mode the duration for the item being ingested should be set precisely. If the number of frames is unknown, 0 frames should be defined (e.g. 01:40:35:00). For the items to be successfully proxied, the ingest progress for the current item should be at least 3%; for short items this value should be not less than 1.5%. Then the proxying of the item inserted into the playlist should reach 10% rate and then it will be ready to be sent on-air. Coloring Different proxying stages are shown with different colors: The proxy status of the item currently being proxied is shown in blue. The proxy status of the item not being proxied at the moment is shown in black. The proxy status of the item currently being loaded to the proxy server is shown in grey. The red background of the proxy status indicates the item source unavailability or failure when reading the item. When this occurs with the on-air item, the progress of proxying is counted backwards and proxied media is played back directly from the proxy folder. The yellow background indicates that the whole item or some part of the item was proxied with autodegradation (in lower quality). Quality degradation should be enabled on the Proxy tab of the Cinegy Playout Configurator. Refer to the Proxy section of the Cinegy Playout Configuration chapter in Cinegy Playout Manual for detailed description of proxy setup. The proxy creation progress of each item is also shown on the timeline in the form of a light blue progress bar: Drop Proxy The Drop proxy option allows to rerun proxying of the defined item in the playlist. This command is available from the item context menu or via the Drop proxy command from the Item main menu: Page

130 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Playlist Control Navigation Find On-Air This function can be used for items proxied with autodegradation while the high quality proxy files are needed; or when a problem during item proxying has occurred. All created proxy chunks are deleted and new item proxying starts. Delete to Top of List You can delete as many expired items as needed by using the Delete to top option from the rightclick menu or Edit main menu. All the items, from the selected expired item through to the top of the list, will be deleted. Using the Preferences... option from the context menu or Edit main menu you can set the number of expired items, which will be represented in the playlist before automatic deletion of any expired item. Delete from Selection To delete all non-expired items from the selected one (inclusively) to the bottom of the playlist, use the Delete from here command from the context menu or Edit main menu. Find Cued Pressing this button brings the on-air item to the middle of the visible playlist window. This is especially useful when you are editing a far point in the list and want to quickly go back to the active on-air item. Pressing this button highlights the item in the playlist, and the ON AIR button caption is displayed in red. This function does not affect playout; it simply navigates through the playlist. The Find on-air command is also available from the Edit main menu. Pressing this button highlights the cued item in the playlist and moves the cursor into its position. This function does not affect playout; it simply navigates through the playlist. The Find cued command is also available from the Edit main menu. Find Selected Pressing this button highlights the selected item in the playlist and moves the cursor into its position. End of Automation This function does not affect playout; it simply navigates through the playlist. This menu allows the operator to find the next manual triggered item in the playlist and jump into its position (this command does not affect skipped items). It shows the time left before the end of the automation and the event type (if there are any manual end items left in the current playlist). Page

131 Chapter 6: Single Channel Control Mode Next Command If there are no more manual triggered items, it shows just the time left to the first gap (if any) or playlist end. In this case, the event shows the empty status icon. This menu allows the operator to find the next item with set-point secondary events and jump into its position. It shows the time left until the secondary event will be sent to the device. You can cancel the specified event transmission by pressing the Skip button. Functional Group Buttons The Next command operation does not affect skipped items. If there are no items in the playlist with set secondary event(s), this menu is not available and is not highlighted. On-Air Play Management Buttons CG Off Bypass All graphics used in the current playlist, can be switched off with a single button. As a result, they will not be shown on playout. To turn off all graphics, use the CG Off button. To enable showing graphics on playout, press this button one more time. N The Bypass button immediately switches the defined input device to the pass-through mode. The video signal goes from the input device to the output device without any affect on Cinegy Air. At the same time, Cinegy Air continues its work as before: the items keep proxying, the countdown timer goes on counting the time to start, the secondary events are sent normally and the playlist keeps playing in accordance with the current time. To leave this mode, just press the Bypass button once more and Cinegy Air will broadcast from the playlist according to the time-schedule. Refer to the Configuration section in the Cinegy Air: Playout System chapter above for details about the playout device configuration. Black Go On The playout server displays a black screen in this mode. The playlist will be moved on automatically in accordance with the current time and secondary events will continue to be sent. Press the Black button once more and Cinegy Air will broadcast from the playlist according to the time-schedule. Stops the current manual end item playback. This button becomes active when the scheduled time of manual end item playback is over. This item continues its playback until the Go on button is pressed. Cue Management Buttons Start Cued This command immediately starts playing the cued item even if the previous on-air item has not finished playing yet. The keyboard shortcut set by default is <Ctrl+S>. This command is also available from the Playout main menu. Page

132 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Cue Next Pressing this button skips the currently cued item and cues the next one. Cue Selection The CUE SEL button marks the selected item in the playlist as cued. This command is also available from the Playout main menu. To cue the selected item, use the <Ctrl+Q> keyboard shortcut set by default. It is possible to reassign the default shortcuts for the Start cued and Cue selected operations and add new combinations via the keyboard customizer. Refer to the Keyboard section of the Playlist Editor Mode chapter above for more information about the keyboard customization. Working with the Timeline The timeline is located under the playlist panel. N Background coloring of items on the timeline is identical to the items coloring in the playlist. Refer to the Item Status, Coloring and Font section above in this chapter to learn more about status coloring. A light blue progress bar shows the proxying progress for each item in real-time on the timeline. The current playout position is marked with a red triangle. The manual end and clocked trigger icons are displayed on the timeline according to the specified item play modes in the playlist. The follow items are shown without an icon: Channel Status The status indication button near the channel name on the timeline changes its color depending on the channel status. When connected, the channel is marked with a green button. When disconnected, the channel is marked with a dark green button. A red blinking button warns the operator when problems with the connected channel occur (for example, lost connection). A yellow blinking button warns the operator that the start time of the next manual end item in the playlist is approaching. Also if there is an empty placeholder in the playlist, the yellow indicator will blink. Page

133 Chapter 6: Single Channel Control Mode Timeline Panel The timeline panel can be undocked by removing the selection of the Timeline > Dock option in the View main menu: Timeline Navigation Once undocked, the timeline window can be moved to any position on your display. To dock it back, select the Timeline > Dock option in the View main menu. Remove the selection of the Show option to hide the timeline panel. To bring it back, select the Show option. You can close the undocked timeline panel via the Close button. To enable the display of clip thumbnails, select the Timeline > Show thumbnails option in the View main menu. To hide clip thumbnails, deselect this option. Select the Show Events option in the same menu to enable/disable the display of secondary events available in the current program. View Detail Level You can change the detail level to program, block or item from the context menu: Timeline Scale The timeline slider is shown with a red triangle, located on the time scale. It displays the current playout position and moves synchronously with broadcasting. Page

134 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Navigation Audio Controls You can navigate within the playlist directly from the timeline. Clicking the item on the timeline highlights it in the playlist and moves the cursor into its position. All actions involving items performed in the playlist (such as jump, start cued, start manual end item) are also displayed on the timeline simultaneously. Audio VU Meters There are four pairs of stereo audio indicators displayed between control monitors on the playout control panel. VU meters are intended to help program producers maintain consistent volume levels across all the items in the playlist. Each indicator controls a definite audio channel. The scales have the following areas for the instant level display (the values here are in the user scale): Green Yellow Red below 0 db 0 to 4 db above 4 db At the top of the scale is an additional color indicator. It shows the integrated status of the signal (during approximately the last 1.5 seconds). The following states are indicated (note, the value here is absolute, in dbfs, or db Full Scale): Black Green Red digital silence (below -120 dbfs) signal below -6 dbfs signal above -6 dbfs The zero level of the VU meter is adjustable to the requirements of your organization. Use <Ctrl+M> shortcut to mute audio preview when viewing material in Cinegy Air. This will not affect audio on air. Adjusting the Zero db Level Use the Cinegy Air Configurator to set up the zero db level for the VU meter. Open it and set up audio VU meter zero (db) parameter: The value indicates the distance in db between the maximum digital level and the zero of the VU meter. Note that the zero level value should be set up within the bounds of -20 and 0; otherwise you will not be able to apply your settings as the OK button in Cinegy Air Configurator will be grayed out. Page

135 Chapter 6: Single Channel Control Mode The Volume Control The volume control slider is located to the right of the audio VU meter. It allows you to change the volume level for the on-air item by moving the slider with the mouse. This control can be disabled by selecting the Preserve original audio option in Cinegy Air PRO Configurator. To mute, move the volume control slider to the bottom. Audio Preview The on-air item can contain up to four stereo audio pairs. To select what audio channel will be played in the channel preview, select the desired channel from the Audio preview drop-down menu in the Playout main menu: To switch off the audio preview, select the Mute command or use the <Ctrl+M> keyboard shortcut. This command mutes audio only in preview and does not affect audio on the playout. Time Controls The on-air control panel has a variety of countdown and clock displays: Countdown This panel displays the countdown for an on-air item. When the item is completely played, it displays the time of pause in gray until the next item starts. In disconnected state it still displays the projected countdown. Page

136 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual On-Air Item Time This is the count-up field which shows how long the item has been broadcast on-air. The on-air progress bar is at the bottom. Cued Item Start This panel displays the actual start time of the cued item. System Clock The system clock is displayed in the right upper corner of the time control panel. The present date and current time in a 24-hour format are represented on the system clock indicator. Channel Preview Cinegy Air has the optional panel for the multi channel playout preview displaying the outputs from all the configured channels. To open it, select the Monitor Panel option in the View main menu. In single channel control mode this panel will display only one channel. N Refer to the Channels Preview subsection in Working in Multi Channel Control Mode section of the Multi Channel Control Mode chapter later in this manual for detailed information about the multi channel playout preview panel. Page

137 Chapter 7: Multi Channel Control Mode Chapter 7 Multi Channel Control Mode Cinegy Air PRO includes the tools for managing multiple playout channels simultaneously from a single station. The interface of the multi channel control mode is similar to the single channel control mode, making it simple and intuitive to use. Multi channel control mode provides you with simultaneous broadcasting of different playlists in various TV formats to multiple channels. This chapter explains multi channel control mode and its functionality in detail. Working in Multi Channel Control Mode Page

138 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Working in Multi Channel Control Mode Multi channel control mode provides simultaneous playout of several playout channels controlled by a single Cinegy Air PRO control application. In order to get the initial knowledge about the control mode functionality, we recommend reading the Single Channel Control Mode chapter first. Also refer to the Multi Channel Control Mode section in the Cinegy Air: Playout System chapter to learn about setting up the multi channel control mode configuration. Connecting to the Multiple Channels Multi channel control mode has the same interface and workflow as single channel control mode the only difference being that you can switch between several controlled playout channels. Start the Cinegy Air PRO control application in multi channel control mode. You need to establish connection to the playout server for each channel individually. To do this, switch to the desired channel and press the Connect button. Operating In order to prevent the time differences between the control and playout stations, all the Air clients take the current time from the playout server. If the connection is successful, all Cinegy Air PRO control functions for the current channel are activated. Releasing connection can also be performed individually for each channel. Loss of Server Connection If Cinegy Air loses the connection to any connected playout server, the corresponding channel tab will blink with red color. The Reconnect dialog box will appear when you switch to the channel that has lost the connection, inviting you to reconnect immediately. Each channel is represented by a separate tab on the playlist panel. When the tab is activated, the corresponding channel playlist will be displayed: Page

139 Chapter 7: Multi Channel Control Mode The timeline panel represents an interactive list of all the available channels. The playlist for each channel is shown as a horizontal timeline. The current playout position is marked with a red triangle. Refer to the Working with the Timeline section of the Single Channel Control Mode chapter earlier in this manual for details about how to work with the timeline. Switching Between the Channels To navigate between different channels, click the desired channel tab in the playlist panel or select a channel from the list on the timeline. The corresponding channel playlist will be displayed and the broadcasting control will be switched over to the activated channel. Channels Preview Cinegy Air PRO has the optional panel for the multi channel playout preview displaying the outputs from all the configured channels. To open it, select the Monitor Panel option in the View main menu. In multi channel control mode this panel displays all configured playout channels. The monitor panel shows the following information about each channel: channel name with the channel status indication; video preview; audio indicators; VANC data; on-air item name. The active channel preview window is highlighted with the red border. To quickly switch between channels, simply click the desired channel preview window. The broadcasting control will be switched over to the corresponding channel. Page

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141 Chapter 8: Collaboration Mode Chapter 8 Collaboration Mode Collaboration mode is designed to provide multiuser access to the active playlist for editing from multiple workstations. Playlist editing for collaboration mode is supported only in playlist editor mode of the Cinegy Air application. This chapter provides information about working in collaboration mode. Collaboration Page

142 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Collaboration N N Collaboration mode enables multiple users with simultaneous remote access to the Cinegy Air active playlist. In this mode a master Cinegy Air station works in automatic mode, disabling all edit operations on that station. Refer to the Configuration section in the Cinegy Air: Playout System chapter above for details on the collaboration mode configuration. With the keyboard customizer, it is possible to assign the shortcuts for the operations used for collaboration. Refer to the Keyboard section of the Playlist Editor Mode chapter above for more information about the keyboard customization. Changing the Playlist Changing the currently active playlist in collaboration mode can be done remotely from the slave Cinegy Air station. Locking for Edit In order to start editing the playlist, select the Collaborate > Lock for edit command from the File main menu of the slave control station: This will enable all the edit operations for the current client. When the playlist is locked for editing on one slave Cinegy Air station, the Lock for edit operation is disabled for all the other slave Cinegy Air stations. Information about the user having locked the playlist is shown in the Cinegy Air window caption : Use the Unlock command in order to unlock the active playlist without sending updates to the master Cinegy Air server. Page

143 Chapter 8: Collaboration Mode Approving the Changes All the changes made to the playlist are shown to other users as they occur. These edits do not affect the playout and the active playlist content. In order to bring these changes to the active playlist, use the Approve command: The updated active playlist will be immediately loaded to the playout server. This allows you to make further playlist editing at once. Discarding the Changes In order to cancel all the actions you made with the locked playlist, use the Collaborate > Discard changes command from the File main menu: All the operations will be undone and the playlist will be unlocked for other users. Page

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145 Chapter 9: Audio Profile Editor Chapter 9 Audio Profile Editor Audio Profile Editor is a tool for creating and editing profiles for multi channel routing and mixing. Introduction Audio Profile Editor - Audio Mapping Profiles - Audio Ducking Profiles - Audio Encoder Profiles Page

146 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Introduction Audio Profile Editor Audio Profile Editor is a separate application within the Cinegy Air installation that provides an easy, convenient and intuitive interface for creating and editing audio profiles. Audio mapping profiles, audio ducking profiles and Dolby Digital Professional Encoder profiles can be managed here. The Audio Profile Editor window consists of two panels: The left panel contains three groups of profiles: audio mapping profiles; audio ducking profiles; audio encoder profiles. When expanding each group, the list of the corresponding profiles is displayed. The right panel displays the details and commands for working with the selected profile. To load a previously created profile in the XML format, press the Load button and browse for the required file using the common Open dialog. Having finished working with the profiles, press the Save button to save the audio matrix presets in a separate XML file. The common Save As dialog will open asking you to specify the name and location of the XML file. Press OK to save the changes and close the Audio Profile Editor window. If no changes should be applied, press the Cancel button. In order for the custom profiles to be available during the Cinegy Air playlist composing, the saved audio matrix presets XML file should be specified in the Cinegy Air Configurator. Refer to the General Configurations section within the Cinegy Air: Playout System chapter earlier in this manual for more information about specifying audio matrix presets in the Cinegy Air Configurator. Audio Mapping Profiles The profiles for mapping audio inputs to audio outputs are managed in the Audio Mapping Profiles section of Audio Profile Editor. Page

147 Chapter 9: Audio Profile Editor Sample Profile The sample audio mapping profile is included to give the starting point for creating a custom profile. Choose the Sample subcategory in Audio Mapping Profiles ; the right panel will display the details and default description of the selected profile: To get familiar with the audio matrices, use the Edit profile... link. The Matrix Editor will open. It is described later in this section. Creating a New Profile To create a new audio mapping profile, select the title of the corresponding section and use the Create new profile link: The default details of the newly created profile will be displayed on the right panel of the window: Page

148 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual You can specify the profile description entering the desired text in the Description field. Audio Matrix Editor Proceed with specifying the profile parameters and use the Edit profile... link. The following window will open: The Matrix Editor provides a graphic interface for routing and mixing different input channels to different outputs. Each input can be routed to any combination of outputs. Several input channels can be connected to one output channel at the same time. In this case, the signals are mixed together. To change the default profile name, enter a new one in the Name field. Select the Default option to make the profile being edited a default profile used for new items added to the Cinegy Air playlist. The default profile is displayed in bold in the corresponding profiles dropdown list in Audio Profile Editor. The Dimension drop-down list allows you to choose the audio matrix grid size, i.e. a number of input and output channels. By default each output channel is set to receive only the signal from the corresponding input channel. To create a mix, use the corresponding adjustment controls. While keeping the left mouse button pressed over the control, move the mouse left or right; the current value is shown as a decimal below the adjustment knob. The minimum, maximum and middle values can be set simply by clicking on the desired value displayed around the adjustment knob. The exact value can also be entered in the field below. The zero value means that the input channel is routed to the output channel without any additional mixes. The -100 value disables the input channel from mixing and deactivates the control. Having specified the necessary input-to-output relations, press OK to finish the profile creation. To delete a profile, select it in the Audio Mapping Profiles list on the left panel and use the Remove profile link. Page

149 Chapter 9: Audio Profile Editor Audio Ducking Profiles The audio ducking profiles are necessary for using the audio ducking feature. Refer to the Audio Ducking sub-subsection within the Predefined Commands subsection of the Secondary Events section in the Handling Playlist Items chapter earlier in this manual for detailed information on audio ducking. The process of creating and editing audio ducking profiles is similar to that for audio mapping profiles described in the previous section. The Matrix Editor for audio ducking profile is as follows: The Main Level slider defines the audio attenuation level of the main signal (all channels) before merging it with the ducking signal. The matrix specifies the mixing pattern of the ducking signal. Page

150 Cinegy Air 10.5 Manual Audio Encoder Profiles The Audio Encoder Profiles section allows you to manage Dolby Digital Professional Encoder profiles: To create a new profile, select the Audio Encoder Profiles section on the left panel of Audio Profile Editor and use the Create new profile link; the following information will be displayed on the right panel: Enter the name and description for the new profile in the corresponding fields on the right panel. The metadata channel number and the summary information about the encoder settings are displayed in the separate section. To change the encoder settings, use the Edit... link; the Dolby Digital Professional Encoder Settings dialog will appear. Refer to the Audio Output Configuration sub-subsection of the Audio Tab sub-subsection in The Playout Engine Configuration subsection of the Configuration section in the Cinegy Playout Manual for a detailed description of the Dolby Digital Encoder settings. To add a new metadata channel, press the Add channel button. You can change the metadata channel number from the drop-down list if necessary. To remove the specified metadata channel, use the corresponding Remove link. In order to delete the whole profile, press the Remove profile button. Page