PRODUCTION APPLICATIONS.....................................................................................................10

MANAGEMENT AND SYSTEM APPLICATIONS ........................................................................15

How to set-up IP Logger to log off-line. ....................................................................................38

How to set-up IP Logger to log clips..........................................................................................39

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Add a Destination target .............................................................................................................93

Delete a Destination target..........................................................................................................93

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CLIP-LIST.........................................................................................................................................99

BINS................................................................................................................................................101

LOGS...............................................................................................................................................103

Filtering using the tree structure ...............................................................................................108

Using metadata associated to clips / using the filters tool bar ..................................................108

Text search...............................................................................................................................110

Search based on the date...........................................................................................................111

Timecode search.......................................................................................................................111

Interest level search ..................................................................................................................111

Search based on the clip type....................................................................................................112

Search based on the clip status .................................................................................................112

Keyword search ........................................................................................................................113

Timecode search.......................................................................................................................115

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IP LOGGER ....................................................................................................................................199

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This manual is intended to cover all aspects of IP

Director and is divided into sections designed to be used

to accommodate users of all types, from the System

Engineers installing and configuring a large scale project

using all applications and multiple workstations, to an

individual Operator who requires a quick reference guide

to a particular application. Some of the information is

repeated in various areas to enable the user to find the

information required without constantly cross referencing

between various sections.

Introduction: There is a general introduction which

gives an overview of the product and descriptions of the

components that make the up the IP Director suite.

Following this there are four sections each one targeted

at a different level of system user.

Section 1: Quick Set-Up guides

A Section designed for use by an operator looking to set

up IP Director to perform a specific task or get a general

overview of how an application works, without providing

an in depth knowledge of all parameters within an

application.

Section 2: Applications

An in depth description of each application and of each

setting within them

Section 3: System Management

A Section containing descriptions of overall system

settings, such as

Keyword Grids

Section 4: Trouble shooting guide

A Section containing descriptions on the problems you

could encounter when configuring the system. The

section gives all the checks which must be perform to

solve the problems.

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IP Director is a suite of software applications designed to enhance the

workflow of a Television production.

In combination with EVS XT series Servers, IP Director can utilize its

applications to both control multiple channels within the X-Net and also

add comprehensive logging features and database functionality. This

provides browsing capability and production orientated asset

management to increase the efficiency of any Broadcast Operation.

There are five applications designed for use on a production. Each is

integrated into the overall package and are accessed by installed

software licenses. Each of the applications can be used to perform

different tasks. This could be multiple recording of several different

events within a studio environment, which can be complimented by a

logging system to associate data with each recording, compiling media

from the database for inclusion in an edited package, or the playback of

several completed elements to multiple sources such as big screens,

key and fill switcher effects, and studio play-in. These applications are:

Each IP Director system can function as a standalone workstation

providing all applications on a production, or several workstations can

be used, running only the applications required for a specific task and

each workstation can be connected via Ethernet with a central

Database. When networked together, IP Director Database information

is available to all other workstations that are being used in other areas

of the production and enhances the overall production workflow.

IP Director can control channels of several XT servers. Each

workstation sees the X-Net as one large server whose storage is

divided into various volumes accessible by any channel from any XT

within the X-Net network.

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In the Diagram below, different areas of the production workflow are

identified:

Conventionally, in a simple show a recording is made, logged on paper

sheets and then edited or played into the final production or to Air,

making reference to the logs. The desired media will then be archived,

generally by compiling onto a new tape and a new log is created to

match the new recording.

The diagram below shows which application within IP Director is

designed to assist in each stage of the workflow, not only to produce an

integrated database with video, audio, and time code information for

as: name, keywords, description, creation date, original location (server

s/n, clip position, etc), but also to control the ingest, manipulation and

play out of the media.

RECORD

LOGGING

REPLAY

ARCHIVE

EDITING

TX

Channel Explorer

Control Panel

Ingest Scheduler

Control Panel

IP Logger

Control Panel

Database Explorer

Channel Explorer

Control Panel

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Channel Explorer gives a comprehensive overview of the entire XNet

network. XT servers, XFile and XStore devices appear as individual

items in the Channel Explorer, with expandable nodes for servers in

which the IP Director systems are directly connected via RS422.

From within the Channel Explorer window, any IP Director workstation

can take control of one or several channels from different XT servers

connected on the XNet. When control has been taken, the selected

channels can also be locked.

The flexibility of IP Director allows multiple channels to be managed

together in a variety of methods:

panel (recorders or players)

playback to a vision mixer (switcher).

playback channels to play clips sequentially with a

transition either manually or from a clip-list.

These multiple playback modes can be used both on clips or clip-lists to

offer a comprehensive range of operational playback modes.

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IP Control Panel is designed to efficiently control XT server channels

with VTR-like functions to clip, trim and playback media. The Control

Panel also has more advanced features such as the ability to:

in a Program/Preview mode

together

party devices (controllers, editors, vision mixers…etc)

Within the Control Panel a clip list can be built using a conventional

drag and drop technique from the database explorer. Controls for the

transition effect, transition duration, next, and skip are readily

accessible and re-ordering, insertion and deletion of clips can be made

even as the list is rolling to air

Using the Control Panel with a Secondary Control function gives

traditional devices such as linear editors the power of instant access to

any material available on the EVS XNet network. Any media, even

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simultaneously controlled by 3rd party editors, controllers and switchers

using industry-standard RS-422 protocols (Sony BVW, Odetics, VDCP,

etc…).

Database Explorer displays and manages clips, playlists, bins and logs

for the media available on the EVS XNet network.

Clips and Playlists created on XT servers, are synchronized to the IP

Director central database and can be browsed from this window.

Bins and Logs are details only present on the IP Director systems, and

add improved methods for associating clips and other details to the

user. These sections are not directly visible on XT servers, but the

results of these functions can affect clips on the XNet network

beneficially.

Features of the Database Explorer window include:

UmID…)

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A log of recorded material is essential to the production process; by

using IP Logger the speed of operations is enhanced by automatically

associating logging data to content on the XNet network of servers. It

can replace the traditional paper log sheet (which produces manual

timecode, descriptions and sometimes clip numbers) with a system that

automatically links a logging entry to all record material and clips

created that are deemed relevant to the log sheet.

The IP logger provides an easy way to add descriptive data to the

media and centralize logging data. Using the IP Logger wizard, a log

sheet can be created based on specific production requirements.

The log sheet is created by capturing the timecode of important events,

and then easily adding keywords using customized keyword grids,

descriptions entered on the keyboard manually, and a level rating.

Any clip present on the XNet network which includes the timecode of

logged events, and is made from a record train that has been defined

as relevant to the current log is then automatically linked to the

corresponding entry in the log sheet. This effectively links the media on

the XNet network to a workflow that is friendly to a producer or editor.

IP Logger also features the capability to review and edit content of the

log sheet at any time during or after the event. By linking a play channel

from an XT server, the operator has a simple and flexible way to refine

logging information captured during the live event.

Compared to conventional logging techniques, IP Logger has

significant time-saving benefits, and saving time is always critical in live

production. By producing accurate logs, and providing an efficient

search engine, information is available faster to all EVS XNet users for

browsing, editing and archiving. Logs can be accessed by other users

even while they are being generated, and clips associated with the log

can be cued and used instantly.

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Ingest Scheduler allows for clips to be automatically made from any

record channel under the control of IP Director at either a time

scheduled in advance or entered manually by the user. This means

multiple events over a period of time can be automatically stored as

protected clips. A clip can be created on a channel with a name, level

rating and metadata associated to it, and also be automatically placed

into a bin in the Database Explorer.

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The IP Director system also has a set of management and monitoring

tools included in the IP Director suite:

A set of applications is used to manage the Keyword database, prepare

grids and dictionaries for logging, searching and browsing.

Using the Keyword Management tools, a keyword grid’s or dictionaries

content can easily be changed and organized by the operator and

production team to make it perfectly suited for any sport or live

production. An unlimited number of keyword grids, consisting of up to

300 words each can be managed by IP Director.

Keyword Management tools allows the addition of single keywords to

the database and therefore to any grid. It also allows the import of

keyword Grids generated by an XT sever, keyword grids from other IP

Director installations and also the integration of keywords and keyword

competitor lists and team or event statistical databases.

Simple text files can also be easily imported into the Keyword

Database.

This application is used to define shortcuts that can be used on the

keyboard for each of the production applications in the IP Director suite

When the IP Director suite is opened a check is performed to establish

that all data previously stored in the database still has associations that

are correct and that the media is still available on the XNet.

This application allows the user to manually decide which aspects of

the association between clips and logs should be initiated afterwards.

This window normally is used by an experienced IP Director operator

for very specific purposes.

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It also allows for a clip to be associated with a log sheet after importing

it from another IP Director workstation

Note: The Logging Association process takes around 3

minutes for 100 log sheets, each containing 100 elements, so the

definition of parameters for this process only applies to when

there is a limited time available to start the system and a large

amount of logs are stored.

Within each application there are monitoring tools provided in the menu

structures for the use of EVS engineers to monitoring the performance

of the system and help isolate any support issues which may arise.

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SECTION 1:

Quick Setup

Guides

The purpose of these guides are to give simple

instructions on how to set up an IP Director workstation

to perform individual tasks that it might be commonly

employed to undertake. Each task may be the only

functionality required or may form part of an extensive

operation carried out over several individual or

connected workstations.

For a detailed description on the operation of all

functions, refer to the dedicated sections on each

application in the manual

A Multiple playback mode could have uses such as:

show, controlled by one workstation

suite

live concert or show

recording, for example to different edit suites, logging

areas or delayed transmission facilities, even if the

incoming recording has not yet been completed.

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This Quick set-up uses one XT and one workstation for simplicity,

but as several XT’s and multiple channels can be accessed by

one workstation an example of how to set up with multiple

machines is also given at the end of the section.

RS-422

OR

Player 1

Player 2

Sync 1

Sync 2

Key

Fill

parameters configuration menu on the XT VGA or

using the set up menu from a dedicated LSM control

panel to be configured to have the required number

of record and playback channels to suit the needs of

the production. If more than 5 record or 5 play

channels are required on a single XT, the XT must be

set up in IPDP slave mode from the channel

parameters menu of the XT server’s VGA.

For further details on how to configure and name

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record and playback channels please refer to the XT

User’s Manual or the Appendix on XT Configuration

for use with IP Director.

For the purpose of this guide, an assumption will be

made that 1 XT has been configured to work in a 0

record channel, 6 playback channel mode. It is to be

used as

mode for producing clip-lists with a transition

between clips

in a studio, one providing a looping animation of

the show logo, loop and one for single clips

Fill for graphics moves to be controlled from a

switcher.

Open Channel explorer from the menu section of the IP

Director interface, this will show an expandable tree

structure indicating the number of machines on the X-Net

with a sub directory of each of its channels, showing a

for a record channel and an for a playback

channel. The screen shot shows the 6 playback

channels, as named in the XT configuration menu, Red,

Green, Gold, Silver, Key and Fill.

By double-clicking on the RED channel, a control panel

is opened; continue to open the six playback channels by

double-clicking each in turn, as the control panel

becomes associated with the channel the brackets are

removed from the play symbol to show its new

status.

Alternatively, select from the main menu

section of the IP Director interface, a control panel

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window will open but in an inactive state as an XT

channel has yet to be assigned. A playback channel can

be ‘dragged’ from the channel explorer onto the open

panel to assign it.

To load a clip to a channel, first open Database Explorer

from the main menu. In its default state, an expandable

tree structure will show clips, playlists, bins, and logs as

the primary level, with all clips created and all record

chains appearing in the right hand section of the window,

together with the metadata stored with the media

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Opening the clips tree will reveal the XT machines on the

network, selecting a machine will filter the selection to

only one machine, opening the XT will reveal the pages

and so on, down to the individual banks, when a bank is

selected the clips appear in the window, complete with

all associated metadata

By dragging and dropping a selected clip onto the

required panel, it can be loaded onto the channel.

Database Explorer application see the Database

Explorer Chapter of the manual.

To make a clip loop endlessly on a channel

select the icon on the control panel. This button can

toggle between normal play, loop play and bounce play

modes

To gang 2 or more channels together, use the standard

command of shift + click or ctrl + click to select the

channels required, then use right click to see the

contextual menu, and select the gang command from the

menu. The ganged channels will now have a next

to them to signify their new status

Pressing play on any ganged panel will roll all panels

that have been ganged together.

Note: It is possible to have up to as many

different groups with any number of channels per group

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ganged together performing different tasks on a

production. A number will appear next to the Gang

symbol to indicate the group it is part of

Ganged control panel is automatically opened by double

clicking on one channel of the group.

To ungang channels, use the standard command of shift

+ click or ctrl + click to select the channels required,

then use right click to see the contextual menu, and

select the ungang command from the menu.

Channels can be selected even if there are a part of

different groups, each selected channel will be removed

from the ganged group of channels it was part of and no

gang symbol will appear next to it in the display.

TIP: If the media is not aligned correctly to other

media for the ganged playback then using any of the

methods below will temporarily disable the gang feature to

allow for alignment of the media on that channel. Once

aligned the channel gang can be re-enabled

At least 2 playback channels must be available to run

this mode. This must be the PGM 1 and PGM 2 of the

controlled machine. To initialize this mode, use the

standard command of shift + click or ctrl + click to select

the channels required, then use right click to see the

contextual menu, and select the PGM/PRV command

from the menu.

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Select PGM1 to become the PGM output and then PGM2

to become the PRV. This mode allows the operator to

play several clips ‘back to back’ with transition effects.

When running a clip-list this mode uses PGM2 as the

PRV channel necessary for using transitions.

When playing single clips, the next clip can be selected

on the PRV channel and a TAKE button is present and

active on the PGM control panel in this mode to allow the

clip selected on PRV to be transitioned to manually.

Please refer to the section on PGM-PRV settings in the

Control Panel Chapter for a detailed description of the

settings available for this mode.

To associate 2 channels together for use with Key and

Fill operations use the standard command of shift + click

or ctrl + click to select the channels required in Channel

Explorer, then use a right click to see the contextual

menu, and select the Fill & Key command from the menu.

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The association will be shown in the Channel Explorer by

a on the Fill channel and a on the Key channel

and also be reflected in the title bar of the Control

panels

To choose the Key and Fill clips select the Key clip

required, press ctrl + shift + click and move the mouse to

the Fill clip you want to associate the selected Key clip

to, release the mouse to complete the process. A Key

thumbnail will appear in a column in the database

Explorer. By right-clicking on the fill clip a contextual

menu appears and by selecting the ‘View Key Clip’

option the association can be confirmed.

By drag and dropping the fill clip onto a fill channel to

load it, the key clip will also be loaded automatically

onto the key channel that has been associated to take it.

Exclusive control of any channel can be achieved using

control between IP Director and the other device, when

the port and protocol settings have been assigned to

work in Exclusive mode.

Simultaneous control of any channel can be achieved

when the protocol and port settings have been assigned

to work in Parallel mode.

Note: To configure which protocol and port each channel

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control of a channel by pressing the button on the

control panel when the configuration is in Exclusive

mode. When the configuration has been set to parallel

mode the control of the channel is from either IP Director

not active.

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During a live multi-camera event, one of the main advantages of

using an IP Director is the ability to create a log which relates

events with timecodes, camera angles, clip numbers and

metadata in a fast and efficient way so as not to interfere with,

but compliment the live production while also producing

invaluable data for future use of the material after the event.

For example, this feature can be used to produce logs on:

feeds to a broadcast facility

on an XT or XFile disk

This Quick set-up uses three XT units and one workstation

configured as below.

RS-422

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To start IP Logger, select it from the main tool bar.

A new window will open for the live logging application but with

features in an inactive state because no log characteristics have

yet been defined for this sheet.

To start a new log sheet, click on File and select New Log Sheet

in the menu. This starts the log sheet wizard with 4 Steps to

define the parameters for the Log. Each step is concisely

described on screen to assist in defining the characteristics of the

log.

A name and a date for the log must be defined. A description is

optional as it will only appear in the log characteristics screen.

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The log sheets are filed in the Database Explorer in a tree structure, the

Parent field allows the log sheet to be placed in a particular folder in

this structure. Browsing in this field displays the folders already created

in the Logs section of the Database Explorer

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A logging profile is a file generated to enable specific User Fields to be

added to a log sheet or Automatic Keywords to be managed in events

(logs) on a log sheet. For more information on Logging Profiles, please

see the IP Logger section of the manual.

A list of all keywords that are in the IP Director database is displayed.

By associating any of these with the log sheet, each event logged will

have these as an additional set of parent keywords. When performing

a search of the database, for example if a team name is added here, in

any database search with that team name will include all items from this

log sheet. Any parent keywords used must therefore have relevance for

all events in the log sheet.

Each record channel on any XT server within the XNet can be defined

as a relevant source to have log information associated with it.

Similarly, if a channel recording a source which is not relevant to the

current log sheet then it should be excluded from the

list.

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Right click in the ‘relevant recorders’ list to define a ‘preview recorder’.

The preview recorder definition is used to provide the timecode

displayed in the LIVE area of the log sheet. It will also be the angle

selected when the operator double clicks on an event in a log that loads

to a channel for viewing.

Note: The Preview Recorder MUST be assigned to a record

channel that is managed with a RS422 link to the XT server the channel

is on. If not, the Log Sheet will NOT function correctly, and no LIVE

Timecode will be displayed.

Defines all User fields requested in the selected logging profile. If no

Logging Profile has been defined in Step 1 or if no User Field section

has been defined in the logging profile, this area will remain ‘greyed’

and inaccessible.

Note: For more information on creating Logging Profiles,

User Fields, and Automatic Keywords, please see the

IP Logger section of the manual.

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When the Wizard has been completed it will show its name and a

running Timecode in yellow in the ’LIVE’ window

Note: If running timecode is not displayed in the ‘live’ area, it means

the ‘preview recorder’ is located on a server with no RS-422

connection to the IP Director network.

To use the log sheet effectively it is necessary to have previously set up

and named one or more Keyword grids for use with the log. Once set

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up, as many keyword grids can be used with a log as required. Each

log element can have keywords added to it.

A Keyword can also be nominated as a "participant" keyword which

creates an individual column within the log. This feature could be used

to distinguish the competitor or player information from action keywords

entered which are in the keyword column

Note: For more detail on how to create keyword grids please refer to

the Keyword Management section in the manual.

Open the Keyword grid(s) required by

selecting from the title bar and using

"Keywords" and "Keyword grid".

A grid layout type can be selected

using the Customize option. The size

of the window and its screen position

can be determined using normal

windows selection techniques.

mode.

Notes: A user must have the rights to modify keyword grid to be able

to change a Keyword Grid layout.

The Keyword Grid layout is kept in the Ip Director database

which means that you work on shared data.

All actions undertaken on Keyword grid layout will have

reverberated therefore on each Ip Director.

It is possible to use 2 VGA screens on one IP Director

Workstation dependant upon the graphics card installed in the

Chassis.

Automatic keywords functions like a ‘sticky keyword’ that will persist

through all log entries made until the automatic keyword is changed.

This is especially useful when tracking the pitcher in a baseball game,

or a Period of action in a sports event, or program part of an

entertainment event.

If a definition of Automatic Keywords has been made in a Logging

Profile the Log Sheet will contain a tab window next to the Log

Information tab to permit the addition of Automatic Keywords to events

within a Log Sheet.

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Each heading defined in a Logging profile appears on the tab as a free

text field or as a drop down list (as defined in the logging profile)

offering a choice of Keywords to be assigned automatically with each

event created. Each heading is a column available on the Log Sheet

and any keywords selected are added to that column upon event

creation.

If a Combo box is displayed, the list will consist of all predefined data that

was in the imported logging profile. If the user wants to add entries into the

list, simply click on the ‘ + ‘ button next to the appropriate list.

Press ‘New’ on the Live section of the Panel, a timecode is grabbed

and placed in a new window which opens on the log sheet. (The

default Keyboard shortcut for this action is [SHIFT]+[SPACEBAR])

Click on the rating Level stars, keyword grid(s) or use the free text area

to describe the action at the timecode value shown.

When complete, use the Insert button to add to the log being produced.

Any clips made on the relevant record channels of the XNet will appear

on the log whenever they are created (Associated Clips), even if this is

significantly before or after the grabbed timecode, the log will

automatically update whenever it sees a clip containing the recorded

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event timecode.

By selecting an item in the log, right-clicking to see the contextual menu

and selecting ‘edit’, an edit window appears allowing the refinement of

more details to previously logged action at any time, to confirm the

addition or correction press the button.

To automatically make a clip based on a log entry on the

record train selected as the preview recorder, click on

the event on the log sheet and drag the clip onto a bin in

the Database Explorer tree or onto an open window.

The clip created will have its ‘in’ and ‘out’ points

determined by the values from the "Automatic Clip

Creation based on Logs" which can be found from

"Tools/Settings" on the Main Toolbar.

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To assign a playback channel for use with IP Logger open channel

Explorer, select a channel and assign by dragging it onto it to the log

sheet. The channel name will then appear in green in the lower right

corner of the IP Log Sheet Window.

Additionally, the player area will become active and show the timecode

of the selected player channel in green, if the channel is in an EE mode

it will be the same as the live area timecode.

By double-clicking an event from the log the channel will go to the

specified timecode on the record channel defined as the preview

channel for the log. If an associated clip is selected from the drop down

box which appears when the associated clip area is selected on an

event, this clip will appear on the assigned output regardless of its

record source. The player area will display the timecode within the clip

that has been recalled.

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A selected clip or group of clips can be added to a bin in Database

Explorer or to clip-list on a Control Panel for later use by using a drag

and drop command or by right clicking you can use the ‘Send to

Archive’ function from the contextual menu.

Note: If a monitoring output of the channel selected is connected to the

video card of the workstation, then by opening the Video display

panel it can be seen on the VGA. If control of the channel is

required there must be an RS-422 connection to the XT machine

the channel is located.

One workstation can be set up to produce individual log sheets

of several events being recorded on an XNet network.

This style of logging may be used for recording events where not

all events are happening simultaneously, some golf events could

be logged in this way when individual feeds of various parts of

the course are being recorded, but events can be logged by one

logger and multiple log sheets as not all feeds are active

simultaneously.

RS-422

Hole 1

Hole 17

Hole 3

Hole 18

TX +

Sub Cut A

Sub Cut B Hole 6

Hole 9

Using the new log sheet wizard the set up for this style of logging only

differs in that more than one log sheet is open with each log having

different settings defined for the relevant recorders in step 3.

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In a scenario where there is a Central Technical Area responsible for

recording many different feeds happening such as an athletics meeting

with 3 or 4 events taking place simultaneously, or a Television Sports

Centre taking incoming games from several locations, or even the

Olympic games, IP Director can be used on as many workstations as

required to log the events efficiently.

RS-422

TRACK

LONG JUMP

HIGH JUMP

POLE VAULT

SWIMMING

HOCKEY

BOXING

JUDO

FOOTBALL

.

The set up procedure for a single event can be followed for each

workstation and Log sheet necessary. Care MUST be taken to set each

log to be associated with the channel(s) recording the required feed(s).

Although each log is separately produced, the database will be shared

between all workstations. This allows all data to be searched at any

time by any user

Note: If a monitoring output of the channel selected is connected to

the video card of the workstation, then by opening the Video

display panel it can be seen on the VGA. If control of the

channel is required there must be an RS-422 connection to

the XT machine the channel is part of.

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In a scenario where the logging station is located in a different location

to the LIVE production (i.e the IP Logger is located in studio with no

connection to the production XNet network located in an OB van) it

could be helpful to log the event with no specific connection to an XNet

network (off-line).

Open the IP Logger application (select IP Logger from the main tool

bar) and create a new log sheet (select File/New log sheet) from the IP

Logger menu.

define any relevant recorders. Refer to the IP Logger chapter for

more information on the New logsheet wizard.

When completed, the IP Logger will open up with the following display :

Compared to the LIVE logging situation, no T/C is running in the LIVE

zone meaning no relevant recorder has been defined.

Select ‘Link to PC timecode’ from the IP Logger menu to start logging

based on your workstation clock, then selects the T/C format from the

popup window which is displayed.

Now, the LIVE zone displays a T/C with a white foreground indicating

you can start logging.

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Refer to the IP Logger chapter for more information on how to create

logs.

In certain circumstances you may which to log clips which already exist

on the server so that users can find specific points within them. For

example, ingested ENG rushes, restored clips to a studio server which

were created in an OB Van and then transferred from XFile drives,

edits coming from an external NLE systems, or simply, feeds which

have been previously recorded but not logged.

Open the IP Logger application (select IP Logger from the main tool

bar) and create a new log sheet (select File/New log sheet) from the IP

Logger menu.

define any relevant recorders. Refer to the IP Logger chapter for

more information on the New logsheet wizard.

When completed, the IP Logger will open up with the following display :

The clip must be associated to the logsheet. Simply select the clip to

log from the database explorer or from a bin and drag and drop it onto

the log sheet list in IP Logger or you can drag it directly onto the log

sheet in the tree structure of the Database explorer. A popup window is

displayed :

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Select ‘Protect Media’. A confirmation message is displayed in the

event message box located at the bottom of the main application

window.

Select a play-back channel from the channel explorer and assign by

dragging it onto the log sheet list or in the box to the right at the base of

the panel.

The channel name will then appear in green in this area. A Timecode

now appears in the Player zone.

Double click on this channel in the channel explorer to open the

corresponding control panel. Then select the clip to log from the

database explorer or from a bin and load it onto that channel. Or, if the

channel is associated to Database explorer (in the same way as you

have just done with IP Logger) then you can simply double click on the

clip to load it.

You can now start browsing the clip from the control panel or the shuttle

pro and create logs using the NEW button in the Player area from the

IP Logger interface.

Refer to the IP Logger chapter for more information on how to create

logs.

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By being able to access a central database and perform

searches for all relevant media, IP Director gives a

Production the advantage of being able to quickly collate

the material required for a task. This technique could be

used to:

transmission

feature

There are several ways to define the search criteria from

Database Explorer. Each method described here can be

used on its own or in conjunction with other methods to

produce the required result.

The Database Explorer application has a tree structure

which enables the first phase of a search for material to

be conducted, by filtering through the tree structure it is

possible to restrict the search to specific locations on

the XNet network.

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To search using a Keyword Grid, open the Keyword Grid

window from the main menu and open the Grid containing

the words a search is to be made on. Select

from the Database Explorer menu

By selecting keywords on the keyword grid and then

clicking on from the keyword grid, a search of the

database is performed. The results appear in the right hand

pane of the Database Explorer application. The number of

clips meeting the search criteria is displayed in the lower

left corner of the window.

For each keyword entered the search is refined, for

example if only one word is entered all clips containing that

word will appear, if a second word is added the search will

only show the results in which both keywords are found and

so on..

The icon reveals the search tab area of the

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window from which you can use select columns to see a

list of the clip column headings of data stored with each

clip, depending on the tree level selected on the tree

structure, the column headings will reflect columns

available and enable them to be selected as search

filters. For more information on all filtering capabilities,

refer to the corresponding section in the Database

Explorer chapter.

To assign a channel to Database Explorer, for use in

browsing the selected clips directly from the application

by double clicking a clip, choose an available channel

from the channel explorer window and drag it on to the

window area of Database Explorer.

The area at the bottom right of the window will now have

a green background with text showing the name of the

assigned channel

Note: Control of any channel of an XT requires that

an RS-422 connection exists between a workstation and

that XT.

Available only when a channel is assigned to the Database Explorer.

These buttons change how a clip will be loaded to the play channel for

When enabled, selecting a clip will go to the first frame of a clip

on the associated channel, but does not play it.

When enabled, selecting a clip will go to the first frame of a clip

on the associated channel, and play it.

Note: This mode is not recommended when

selecting clips to play for live transmission as there will

be a delay between the loading of the clip and play back.

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If a search is being performed to find a number of clips

to be used in a project it is possible to store all the clips

identified in the search in a folder to enable fast and

easy recall of the material. The material is not moved

physically to the folder but a reference to the media is

placed in a folder, known as a bin.

To create a bin for storage, right click on the bin icon in

the tree structure and select "New clip bin" from the

contextual menu. Enter a name for the folder and once

confirmed it will appear in the tree structure.

To add clips to the folder, select them individually or as

a group and drag them onto the folder’s icon.

A bin can also be opened in a separate window simply by

double clicking on its name in the bin tree.

To Search for a log sheet or an item contained in a log

select Logs from the tree menu, use the to select

the areas of data to be searched using the column

headings selector and then enter the text to be searched

for

Note: A keyword grid can also be used to search for a

log sheet. In that case you will first activate the search mode

by clicking on the button in the database

explorer tool bar.

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SECTION 2:

IP Director

Applications

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Channel Explorer gives a comprehensive overview of all

XT servers with their respective channel configurations

(number of inputs and outputs). It also shows any XFile

and XStore devices on the XNet SDTI network.

From within the Channel Explorer application any IP

Director workstation can take control of one or several

channels from different XT servers connected on the

XNet. When control has been taken the selected

channels can then be locked.

The flexibility of IP Director allows multiple channels to

be ganged together, either for simple ganged playback of

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several different sources, or specialized playback modes

such as Key and Fill and a Program/Preview mode to

play clips sequentially with a transition either manually

or from a clip-list.

These multiple playback modes can be used both on

clips or clip-lists to offer a comprehensive range of

operational playback modes using a conventional

computer interface with Keyboard, mouse, and VGA

which is familiar to any computer user.

T

he primary line for each device in the Channel Explorer

shows the machine status, its name and an icon

representing the device type

XT Server connected on the

XNet and channels available

for use with IP Director

XT Server connected on the

XNet and available channels

displayed in its sub menu

XT Server connected on the

XNet but has no RS-422 link to

a workstation for channel

control by IP Director

XFile connected on the XNet

By expanding the tree on each machine its channel

configuration can be seen together with its control

status, name, lock status and gang status

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Playback channel with no associated control

Playback channel with associated control panel open

Record channel with no associated control

Record channel with associated control panel open

Controlled by ShuttlePro

Channel locked to other users by this workstation

Channel locked to users by another workstation

Channel is ganged with another channel as part of group 1

Channel is ganged as a Fill channel as part of group 5

Channel is ganged as a Key channel as part of group 5

Channel has been assigned as a PGM

Channel has been assigned as a PRV

By double-clicking on a channel, a control panel is

opened and assigned to that channel; the blue brackets

are removed from around the channel icon in the

Channel Explorer window. Alternatively, a control panel

can be opened from the main menu; it will appear

inactive until a playback channel is dragged from the

channel explorer onto the open panel to assign it

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By right-clicking on a channel, a contextual menu

appears. If Default recorder is selected a pop up window

will allow the choice of which record channel the player

looks at the first time it is in ‘EE’ mode.

.

If a default recorder is not set, then:

PGM 1 takes Rec 1 as its default

PGM 2 takes Rec 2 as its default, etc…

If there are more play channels than record channels

then every additional channel takes Rec 1 as its default

By right-clicking on a channel, a contextual menu

appears. If lock is selected the channel will be locked

from use by other users. If the symbol appears the

channel has been locked by the workstation being

operated. If the Symbol appears in red then

another workstation has locked its use

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If a channel has been locked on the local

workstation, right-clicking on a channel, shows a

contextual menu. If Unlock is selected the channel will

be unlocked.

If a channel has been locked on another workstation

right-clicking on a channel, shows a contextual menu. If

Unlock is selected a confirmation message has to be

answered to unlock the channel.

To gang 2 or more channels together, use the standard

command of shift + click or ctrl + click to select the

channels required, then use right click to see the

contextual menu, and select the gang command from the

menu.

The ganged channels will now have a next to them

to signify their new status.

To add further channels to a group select all channels of

the group and the new channel required and then press

gang again.

It is not possible to gang record and play channels

together. It is also not possible to gang channels of

different groups.

Note: It is possible to have as many different

groups with any number of channels per group ganged

together performing different tasks on a production. Each

of the linking icons will have a number next to it on

the channel explorer to indicate which group it is part of.

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When multiple playback channels are ganged together in

the same group, they can all be controlled from the same

interface : the ganged control panel. It can be opened

by double clicking on one channel of the group. Refer to

‘Control panels’ chapter for more information.

To ungang channels, use the standard command of shift

+ click or ctrl + click to select the channels required,

then use right click to see the contextual menu, and

select the ungang command from the menu.

Channels can be selected even if there are a part of

different groups, each selected channel will be removed

from the ganged group of channels it was part of and no

gang symbol will appear in the display.

At least 2 playback channels must be available to run

this configuration. To initialize this mode, use the

standard command of shift + click or ctrl + click to select

the channels required, then use right click to see the

contextual menu, and select the PGM/PRV command

from the menu.

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For each XT Server it is only possible to make a

PGM/PRV pair of channels from PGM1 and PGM2 of the

server. PGM1 is always the PGM channel and PGM2 will

always be the PRV channel. This mode allows the

operator to play several clips ‘back to back’ with

transition effects.

When playing single clips, the next clip can be selected

on the PRV channel and a TAKE button is present and

active on the designated PGM control panel in this mode

to allow the clip selected on PRV to be transitioned to

manually.

When running a clip-list this mode provides the PRV

channel necessary for using transitions.

Please refer to the section on PGM-PRV settings in the

Control Panel Chapter for a detailed description of the

settings available for this mode.

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To associate 2 channels together for use with Key and

Fill operations use the standard command of shift + click

or ctrl + click to select the channels required in Channel

Explorer, then use a right click to see the contextual

menu, and select the Fill & Key command from the menu.

The association will be shown in the Channel Explorer by

a on the Fill channel and a on the Key

channel and also be reflected in the title bar of the

Control panels. The first channel selected will become

the Fill and the second the Key.

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To assign a record channel for use with the IP Scheduler application

right click on a channel to open the contextual menu and select the

‘Open Ingest Scheduler(new ingest)’ command.

An Ingest Scheduler window will open and show the selected channel

in the list of recorders.

If the contextual menu is used when record channels are ganged

together all ganged channels will be added to the list.

If you wish to add multiple recorders to the list, simply drag the

individual channel from the Channel Explorer to this list.

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Pressing the ‘Select Player’ key on the ShuttlePRO controller at

any time calls up a list of channels available to be controlled, by

moving the jog dial the user can move through the list to highlight

the required channel and press ‘Select Player’ again to select and

exit the menu

corresponding channel in the channel explorer, meaning

the Shuttle pro will control that channel.

Please see the Shuttlepro section of the Manual for more

information on the operation of the controller

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The Control Panels are the graphical user interfaces

used to control channels of an XT server. The Player

Control Panel controls transport functions, makes clips,

and to produce and run Clip-Lists. The Recorder Control

Panel shows the record status of a channel and can

enable channels to start or stop recording depending

upon the XT Server base configuration. In conjunction

with the buttons on the VGA, there are also keyboard

shortcuts and dedicated buttons on the optional

ShuttlePRO controller. Where they are shown, these are

the default settings.

Note: The keyboard shortcuts can be customised

using the Define Shortcuts area of the TOOLS menu

from the main IP Director menu.

If an XT is in LSM base mode the recorder panels are for

information only, the actual recording mode of each

channel configured to record are set by the XT software.

Each record channel will start recording and continue in

a loop record mode from start up. The channel can not

start or stop a recording but will show the current

recording timecode and its record status.

If XT Server IPDP mode is used the panel buttons are

active can be put into record and a recording stopped

using the record panels.

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There are two methods to open and assign a Record

Panel:

In the channel explorer, you can double click on the

mouse and select Open Control Panel from the

contextual menu.

Alternatively, select from the main menu

section of the IP Director interface, a control panel

window will open but in an inactive state as an XT

channel has yet to be assigned. A recorder channel can

be ‘dragged’ from the channel explorer onto the open

panel to assign it.

An active Record Panel will show the location and name

of the channel and a timecode window with a display of

running timecode that the channel is recording.

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Above is the view of the Recorder Panel when viewing a

LSM mode recorder. It cannot be stopped by an IP

Director workstation.

Above is the view of the Recorder Panel when viewing a

Server or Spotbox mode recorder. It can be

started/stopped by an IP Director workstation

The timecode information displayed in green in the panel

is the incoming timecode of the server (should be the

studio time). The capacity information displayed is the

remaining capacity on this specific recorder channel on

the XT server.

The player control panel has been designed with

designated areas allowing its size to be changed

depending on the features in use.

At the smallest size the panel will occupy only a small

area when being used for simple transport control

By clicking on the , an expanded area appears for

use when being used for clip creation and more

advanced control features. Clicking the same button but

now displayed as returns to the basic panel.

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When Display is selected from the Clip-List menu a

further area is added to give the functionality necessary

when a panel is being used to make and replay clip lists.

When Ganged is selected from the menu a further area

is added to give the functionality necessary when a panel

is being used with ganged player channels.

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Each Control panel has a main menu for control

Lock Panel – The Control Panel buttons are made

inactive to prevent accidental selection, it does not lock

the channel from use, it simply locks the panel interface.

Edit Clip - opens the Edit Clip window to allow for

changes and additional information to be added for the

clip loaded on the channel. Refer to the Edit Clip section

later in the chapter for further details.

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New – opens a new display area on the panel ready for

making a new clip list and also a pop-up window with a

prompt for a name and LsmID. Please refer to the

section on Clip-Lists later in this chapter for a detailed

description of this feature.

Rename – opens the pop-up window to enable the

renaming of a clip-list

Display or Hide – Expands or hides the Clip-list area of

the control panel

Export to csv – Allows the export of clip-list data in the

form of a csv file

When Selected this setting will open an additional area

of the Control Panel which displays information about

player channels that have been ganged with the current

channel under the control of the active control panel

This panel area also gives some additional commands to

use with ganged channels

To select a channel, double click on its name. It will then

be the channel controlled and will be highlighted in green

will synchronize the timecode on all

channels ganged in the group with the selected channel

(highlighted in green)

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To temporarily ungang a channel from the group, select

the gang symbol in the relevant channel, the symbol will

disappear.

will temporarily ungang all channels from

the group.

To re-enable the gang all channels.

To remove a channel from the group, right-click on the

highlighted channel, then select the command from the

contextual menu.

This section is for the use of EVS engineers to monitor

the performance of the system, and help isolate any

support issues which may arise.

When pressed this grabs an image from the channel of

the current picture for use as a thumbnail. To create a

thumbnail the video display window must be associated

to the Control Panel.

To establish the association drag the association zone of

the control panel to the association zone of the video

display panel.

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Note: For IP Director to create a thumbnail using this

methd the output of the selected channel must be connected to an input

of the workstation’s video board and the picture displayed in a video

display window on the VGA

Note: Thumbnails can be created automatically when there is

an X-File designated within the thumbnails configuration in the

Management Console application of IP Director. Please see the

Technical Reference manual for further details.

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There are two methods to open and assign a Control

Panel:

In the channel explorer, you can double click on the

mouse and select Open Control Panel from the

contextual menu.

Alternatively, select from the main menu

section of the IP Director interface, a control panel

window will open but in an inactive state as an XT

channel has yet to be assigned. A playback channel can

be ‘dragged’ from the channel explorer onto the open

panel to assign it.

To load a clip to a channel, open the Database Explorer

from the main menu. Select the required clip from the

‘clips’ area of the Database Explorer and drag it to the

panel you wish to load it on.

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Clips can also be loaded using two alternative methods:

panel

number field, for example 000A/02.

The left timecode window shows the current timecode for

the material being controlled by the panel. If a record

train is loaded then it is the timecode of this train, if a

clip is loaded this area will show the current timecode

position of the clip.

Each clip loaded can be played in three different ways

Play Mode - normal - a clip will play from its IN point

to its OUT point

Play Mode - Loop continuously – plays in a

continuous loop

Play Mode - Bounce - plays continuously from IN

point to OUT point, then from OUT to IN etc….

Note: Clip-Lists can be played in either normal

play or continuous loop but not in bounce mode

Play – plays the media on the Control Panel at normal

speed (100%)

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Pause – stops the playback of a clip if loaded or freezes

the record train loaded at the current timecode. The

button function changes when activated to offer a single

field jog in either direction.

Fast rewind, the value shown below the button is the

speed of operation, set from the Tools -> settings menu

of the panel. Please see the settings section in this

chapter for details.

Fast forward, the value show below the button is the

speed of operation, set from the Tools -> settings menu

of the panel. Please see the settings section in this

chapter for details.

Replaces the pause button when the output is paused, a

click on one of the buttons will move the media in one

field steps, backwards or forwards.

E/E – If a clip is loaded, pressing E/E will unload it and

show last record train loaded at its current recording

position, the timecode in the display above will be

running to indicate current position.

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Note: By right-clicking on the E/E button a

contextual menu will show the available record trains,

selecting a train will go to that train at its current

position. A train which is being played through the

network to this output channel will be approximately 3

seconds behind current network timecode.

Indicates the record train which the channel will return to

when the E/E button is pressed.

There are also direct access buttons on the ShuttlePRO

controller to select Trains on a channel

PREVIOUS TRAIN: Selects the previously selected

Record train, pressing twice moves back another

selection, etc…

NEXT TRAIN: Selects the next Record train, if on the

‘cam A’ train it will move to ‘cam B’ , etc…

SELECT TRAIN: Calls up on the VGA a list of channels

available, by moving the jog dial the user can move through the

list to highlight the required train and press ‘Select Train ’ again to

select it and exit the menu

Returns the media to the last point where the E/E mode

was exited.

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The button becomes active if the channel is within a clip,

by pressing it the same frame of media will be shown

from the original record train, if it is still available (not

overwritten). This allows for playback beyond the clip

boundaries or to define a new clip around this timecode.

JOG/SHUTTLE BAR – allows for a search of the media

on the channel using a logarithmic scale. Any point on

the line can be selected to activate a speed or the

indicator can be dragged from the current position. If the

left mouse button is used the indicator will return to zero

on release. If the right mouse button is used the speed

will stay at its current setting upon release. There is a

current speed display above the indicator

You can also left click on the predefined speed value

available below the jog/shuttle bar to start playing at the

corresponding speed.

Goto IN – active when a clip is loaded, takes the media

to the IN frame and timecode

Note: Jog and Shuttle control can

also be from a ShuttlePRO controller using

the ring to Shuttle and the centre for Jog

JOG

SHUTTLE

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Goto OUT – active when a clip is loaded, takes the

media to the OUT frame and timecode

Once enabled in channel explorer gang allows the user

to temporarily gang or ungang the channel from the

group of channels. All controls toggle between gang and

ungang

Sync will force other channels linked to the channel

controlled to synchronise their timecode position to the

same timecode as this controller’s current position

If the channel is in PGM/PRV mode, Take performs a

transition from the current media on the PGM control

panel to the media on the associated PRV channel using

the settings determined in the tools menu. For more

information refer to the menus and settings section of

this chapter

The right display window changes dependant on the

activity being performed on the channel.

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If a clip is loaded it will display in green its duration if at

the IN point, as the clip is played it will count down the

remaining time to the OUT point.

The display colour will change to blue when the clip is

positioned outside its current IN or OUT point and

displays the time value (+ or -) from the IN or OUT up to

the end of the clip guardbands.

If the Control Panel is in E/E mode and the current

running timecode is displayed in the left hand panel in

red, the right hand display will show in yellow the

estimated capacity of the record loop for that train.

If an ‘IN’ point is marked on the train the display will be

blue if current time is before the IN and green if after the

IN, the time value indicate the distance from the point

marked.

If an ‘OUT’ point is marked on the train the display will

be green if the current position is before the OUT and

blue if it is after, the time value will indicate the distance

from the point marked.

If pause is pressed on the control panel the left hand

display will indicate the paused position timecode in red,

the right hand display will display the time value that the

record train is away from ‘live’ in green. If the train is

then played the current position is displayed in red on

the left hand panel and the delay from the train’s live

position will be displayed in green as a static value

representing the delay between the two states.

Makes the buttons on the panel inactive to prevent

accidental use of the panel but does not lock the channel

from use by other methods of control such as an LSM

remote panel or Shuttlepro.

Not yet implemented

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Pressing the ‘Select Player’ key on the ShuttlePRO controller at

any time calls up a list of channels available to be controlled, by

moving the jog dial the user can move through the list to highlight

the required channel and press ‘Select Player’ again to select and

exit the menu

Please see the Shuttlepro Section of the Manual for more

information on the configuration of the controller

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Marks an ‘IN’ point at the timecode shown in the

timecode display area of the panel, and then enters it

into the display area adjacent to the button

Marks an OUT point at the timecode shown in the

timecode display area of the panel and enters it into the

display area adjacent to the button

Once an IN and OUT have been chosen selecting the

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Control Panel button will make the application react

in one of two ways depending on the Clip Creation

settings for the control panel, which are selected

from the Tools/Settings section on the main toolbar.

Open Save Window: If this box is NOT ticked then

when the is pressed a clip will be

made instantly and be stored in the next available

location on the page designated for IP Director Clips in

the XT setup (default setting is page 6). Please refer to

information

If this box is checked then when the

or keyboard shortcut, ‘S’, is pressed a window will open

allowing data entry and clip numbers to be defined.

ShuttlePRO has a dedicated button for each function:

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Use to save a clip without calling the

save clip window.

Use to save a clip and display

the save clip window.

A location can be entered for the clip being made. If no

number is entered the clip will be stored in the next

available location on the page designated for IP Director

IP Director appendix.

To add an alphanumeric name for the clip, up to 24

characters long

Note: Only 12 characters of this name can

be displayed by LSM systems

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For information only these timecode values can be

changed only on the Control Panel

Each clip can be assigned a level rating and keywords.

A level rating can be given to a clip based on four levels

from no stars to 3 stars (***).

Keywords can be added to the clip by selecting from any

keyword grid. Please refer to the Keyword Grid section

for more information.

Not yet implemented

Not yet implemented

Defines a clip type for use with Key and Fill operation

If the IN was marked on a live record chain it will be

cleared. If the IN was marked on a clip, a value for the

maximum clip IN value including guardbands is

displayed.

If the OUT was marked on a live record chain it will be

cleared. IF the OUT was marked on a clip, a value for

the maximum clip OUT value including guardbands is

displayed.

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If a clip that is loaded to a channel has had a change

made to the IN, OUT, NAME, or other data entered when

originally saved, pressing Update will save the new

settings

The update clip operation can also be done using the

shuttle pro:

Press on the keyboard and

When a clip is successfully created, moved or copied the

status bar at the base of the VGA will show the

successful operation.

If an operation has failed the bar will have a red

background warning that the operation was not

successful. Using the drop down feature on the bar will

show a list of recent operations.

To cancel the red background when an operation has

been unsuccessful click on acknowledge next to the

status bar.

Exclusive control of any channel by a third party protocol

Control Panel which switches the control between IP

Director and the other device, when the port and protocol

settings have been assigned to work in Exclusive mode.

The button toggles the control between the panel

and the secondary control device.

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The button is only available if the channel has

been configured with IPDP protocol as the main

controller in exclusive mode.

To configure which protocol and port each channel can

appendix of this manual.

control of a channel by pressing when the

configuration is in Exclusive mode.

When the configuration has been set to parallel mode the

Party device simultaneously and the second control

feature is inactive.

A clip list can be made from a Control Panel to play out

several clips together. The list will play with only audio

and video cuts when the panel is set up as to control one

output from an XT. If a PGM/PRV mode has been set up

then a clip-list can be played with an audio and video

transition between clips.

Note: PGM/PRV mode is only available on

PGM1 and PGM2 of each XT Server.

Select New from the clip list menu at the top of the

Control Panel

A new clip-list window will open allowing a name and

storage location to be entered. If no location is entered

the list will be stored at the next location available on

the XT server. The default page on the selected XT is

usually PAGE 0

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When completed, the name and clip list number will

appear at the top of the expanded area of the Control

Panel window.

Select Rename from the clip list menu at the top of the

Control Panel. The Rename a Clip List window will open

allowing to rename the Clip List.

The clip list panel can be displayed or hidden by

selecting Display or Hide in the clip-list menu.

A clip list can be exported to a text file (CSV format), in

order to be print out. Simply select ‘Export to CSV’ from

the clip-list menu.

A ‘Save file’ window is opened asking the name and a

storage location to be entered.

To add clips to the list, select them from the Database

Explorer window and drag them onto the clip list area in

the Control Panel. Using this technique, the list can be

added to at any time, even while playing, and clips can

be placed any where in the list using windows techniques

to drop the clip at the desired place.

Note: If the list is playing then a dark green Highlight

marks the currently playing clip, the next clip has

a light green highlight, these clips cannot be

changed or moved while the list is playing.

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Set up an association to the channel being used to build

the clip-list with a Database Explorer window by dragging

the channel name from the channel explorer into the

Database Explorer list.

The name of the channel now appears on a green

background in the bottom right of the window.

Select on the Database Explorer window, each

clip selected then loads to the control panel. It can then

be previewed and dragged into the clip-list as required.

To do that, simply select the grey zone located between

the EE and the SKIP buttons and drag it at the desired

position in the clip-list (as shown on the drawing above).

The clip loaded on the channel is now added in the cliplist.

Cues the list to the top ready to play.

It is also possible to double click on one element of the

clip-list to cue it on that element.

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This button toggles the clip-list display between a view

with Thumbnails or a list view without thumbnails.

Only active when in PGM/PRV mode a transition type and

effect duration for the whole clip-list can be set, there is

also a default value defined in the settings area of a

Control Panel, please refer to the Tools section above

for details

To move a clip within the list, select it and place it using

a drag and drop technique into the new position.

Alternatively by right clicking on the clip list area there

is a contextual menu for some common tasks required in

the building of a clip-list, including the ability to Cut,

Copy and Paste a clip.

Loads the selected clip onto the panel and changes the

panel to ‘clip’ mode. A clip can also be viewed by

dragging from the list to the left part of the panel

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Removes the selected clips from the clip-list, this

requires a confirmation on the pop up window to

complete the action.

Removes all clips from the Clip-List, this requires a

confirmation on the pop up window to complete the

action.

It is possible to play a clip list in Step Mode with 2

options:

Pause on First: this setting will stop the clip-list on the

first frame of each element in the list, until play is

pressed to continue

Pause on Last: plays to the end of a clip and stops until

play is pressed to continue

When a Control Panel has a clip-list CUED, there are two

extra buttons on the Panel:

Skips the next clip in the list and plays the following clip

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Moves on from the currently playing clip and goes

instantly to the next clip, if in PGM/PRV mode it will use

the transition set for the list.

the XT Server when the clip-list is played. It

corresponds to the original timecode of the clip played in

the clip-list.

Local clip - stored on the XT Server that the

clip-list is on.

Distant Clip - stored on a different XT Server

to that the clip-list is on, but the clip is

available to play.

Distant Clip - stored on a different XT Server

to that the clip-list is on, and the clip is not

available for play back.

If the background to a clip in a clip-list is red, when the

clip-list is playing, the clip is not available and will be

skipped

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Name: the clip name

Duration: the duration of the clip

LSM ID: The LSM ID of the clip

There are three ways to load a clip-list to a channel:

Drag and drop from the Database Explorer

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By typing its name into the name field of the control

panel

By typing its LSM/ID into the ID field.

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DATABASE

EXPLORER

Database Explorer is an application designed to allow

the user to organise and search all media and data that

is available within the server network into a system by

which any user can access it, whether they have

knowledge of the ‘clip hierarchy’ methods used in EVS

XT servers or by using standard windows database

search techniques.

To open the Database Explorer select it from the menu at

the top of the IP Director window.

A new window will open with a familiar ‘explorer’ layout.

A menu tree to the left displays various headings to

allow the user to filter the media and display associated

data; the results are shown in the right pane of the

window.

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One library method used by IP Director is to mimic the

hierarchical structure adopted by the XT range of servers

to store media, which is based on the remote panel

design with a limited amount of buttons and desk space

Each XT unit can store up to 900 clips (with each clip

containing up to 6 sub clips, lettered A to F)

Note: 900 clips with up to 6 sub-clips per clip results in

5400 "clip registers" in the memory. But the maximum

number of clips on each XT system is 4096. This number is

displayed in the upper right window of the VGA Setup Screen

(Shift+F2 from the PC keyboard). If you are working with IP

Director and a number of XT machines in an X-Net SDTI

network, keep in mind that the total number of clips on the

entire network is limited to 6,000 or 16,000, depending on the

network settings used. This number is displayed in the same

area on the XT VGA Setup Screen.

The following diagram represents the hierarchy of the XT

clip numbering system. As an example, clip number

"129C" is used:

Additionally the number of the XT Server within the

network structure is also be added to define the precise

location of the clip, for example if clip 129C is stored on

the machine allocated with the network number 2 the clip

would be identified as 129C/02.

(1 OF 10 PAGES)

(2 OF 9 BANKS)

(9 OF 10 NUMBERS)

(A to F)

1

2

9

C

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Within the clip tree structure of IP Director each XT

machine can be searched by filtering down in the tree

from network number -> page -> bank

For each clip there are variable width columns providing

information about the stored clip, some of the details can

be edited from here, others are for information, all of the

headings can be used as filters when searching for

Media.

Note: For details of how to hide or show the columns

see the section Database Explorer Tools in this

chapter

THUMBNAIL: A reference frame from the clip can be

shown to visually identify the correct material

KEY THUMBNAIL: A reference frame from the Key clip

can be shown relative to the Fill clip selected

NAME: A clip can be automatically named using a

configuration setting in the XT, added from the XT

keyboard, or from the IP Director Control Panel when

using it to create clips.

LSM ID: This is the clip number and location of the

media as explained in the ‘clip’ section above. This

number could change if the location of the clip is moved

within the XNet.

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ID MATERIAL: A unique identifier given to an original

clip by EVS not generally in use at an operational level.

This ID stays with the clip and will keep track of copies

of a clip related to the original by using this ID as it will

not change on the clip copies.

ID LOUTH: An ID generated to give the clip a UmID. This

ID is unique for every clip that exists. It will not change

when a clip is moved. Each new copy of a clip will also

have a new ID Louth

CAM PREF: This Column displays a preference value

that is generated when clips are created from an LSM

control panel

STATUS: Displays the archive status of a clip in relation

to the XFile archive device on the XNet

Clip has been archived

Archive of clip pending

LEVEL: A rating can be given to a clip based on four

levels from no stars to ***. This can be done during clip

creation or via the IP Logger at any time and can provide

a useful search filter for use in the Database Explorer.

T/C IN: The short ‘IN’ timecode of the clip

T/C OUT: The short ‘OUT’ timecode of the clip

IN: The ‘IN’ timecode of the clip including Guard bands

OUT: The ‘OUT’ timecode of the clip including Guard

bands

TYPE: If the clip is a KEY Clip , a FILL clip or a

standard clip. If the clip is linked to other clips, because

it has been created on ganged recorders, the gang icon

and the group number the clip is part of are displayed

KEYWORDS: A list of the keywords that have been

associated with the clip

CREATION DATE: The date that the clip was created on

ASPECT RATIO: 4:3 or 16:9

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VIDEO FORMAT AND FREQUENCY: Shows the video

standard of the clip:

PAL SD/1, PAL HD 720/1, PAL HD 1080/1 NTSC SD/1,

NTSC HD 720/1, NTSC HD 1080/1 etc……

VIDEO COMPRESSION TYPE: JPEG, MPEG IMX etc..

VIDEO COMPRESSION RATE: The compression rate the

clip was recorded at.

SOURCE NAME: The record source name of the channel

where the clip was created. This name is assigned in the

XT set up menus

VBI: This has a value when the clip contains information

within the picture such as teletext, VITC or other such

data needed by graphics applications

AUDIO TYPE: How many audio tracks the clip has.

AUDIO COMPRESSION: The value of compression

used in recording

AUDIO FREQUENCY: The sample rate used when

recording the clip.

SESSION NAME: Not Yet Implemented

SESSION DESCRIPTION: Not Yet Implemented

SESSION DATE: Not Yet Implemented

SESSION KEYWORDS: Not Yet Implemented

KEYLOUTHID: The ID Louth of the clip that has been

assigned as a Key Clip to this clip if it is a Fill clip.

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To edit the clip data, select the clip, right click on the

mouse to show the contextual menu and select Edit.

The Edit Clip window appears offering the ability to add

and change data associated with the clip.

Use the name field to add or change an alphanumeric

name for the clip.

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To change IN, OUT or Duration (with automatic

readjustment of the other relative values),

Each clip can be assigned a level rating and keywords.

A level rating can be given to a clip based on four levels

from no stars to three stars (***).

Keyword words can be added to the clip by selecting

from any keyword grid. Please refer to the Keyword Grid

section for more information.

Defines a clip type for use with Key and Fill operation

A clip can be selected in the right pane of the Database

Explorer and dragged to a new location on the XT tree

structure on the left side of the window.

To MOVE the clip simply drag and drop

To COPY the clip, hold down the CTRL key on the

keyboard.

Using this technique the clip will be copied or moved to

the first available location in the section of the tree it

was dropped upon:

If the Clip was dropped on an XT level of the tree it

would be placed in the first available space in the XT clip

structure.

If the Clip was dropped on a page level of the tree it

would be placed in the first available space in the page

structure.

If the Clip was dropped on a bank level of the tree it

would be placed in the first available space in the bank

structure.

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Select a clip to be moved or copied and right-click on the

mouse to show a contextual menu

Select ‘duplicate’ or ‘move’.

A pop up window is then displayed asking for the LSM ID

for the new location.

Note: As some copies or moves may be between XT

Servers on the XNet they will take time to

complete. On completion the clip is displayed in

green in the window.

Select ‘Send To / Default Archive’ from the clip

contextual menu to send a clip to the session folder of

the XFile defined as the default XFile on the XT Server

where the clip is physically stored.

Refer to the XFile user’s manual for more information on

how to define the session folder.

Refer to the XT Server user’s manual for more

information on how to define the default XFile.

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Select a predefined destination directory (target) from

the ‘Send To’ sub menu of the clip contextual menu.

This destination folder can be located anywhere on the

IP network. This gives full flexibility to directly send A/V

mxf files to third party systems (i.e NLE systems).

To Add a destination target to the list, select ‘Add a

target’ from the ‘Send To’ sub menu.

Alias : The name of the target as it will appear in the

contextual menu.

Target : The destination folder where the file will be

copied. Be sure this directory is shared with full control

access.

Wrapping format : The file wrapper. It can be MXF EVS

or MXF OP1A.

Link To : If the box is checked it means you want that all

files sent to the destination target to be managed by one

specific XML unit. Select the unit from the drop down

list.

To Delete a destination target from the list, select

‘Remove Archive Target’ from the ‘Send To’ sub menu.

The ‘Remove Archive Target window’ is displayed.

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Select a target from the list, then click on ‘Remove’. A

confirmation message is displayed asking you to confirm

the operation.

Select a predefined XStore (CleanEdit) target from the

‘Send To/CleanEdit’ sub menu of the clip contextual

menu. Once the clip has been send, it is immediately

available in the CleanEdit database. It can then be

inserted into a project, edited or played out using

Playout Organiser or CleanPlayout Server.

These destination targets are predefined from the IP

Director remote installer and a corresponding XFile XML

unit must have been correctly configured. Refer to the

IP Director Remote Installer and XFile user’s manual for

more information.

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Select a predefined AVID TM target from the ‘Send

To/Avid’ sub menu of the clip contextual menu. On a

Unity system, once the clip has been send, it is

immediately available in the Avid media manager

database. It can then be inserted into a bin and can be

inserted into an edit.

These AVID destination targets are predefined from the

IP Director remote installer. Refer to the IP Director

Remote Installer manual for more information.

AVID TM and XFile must have been correctly configured

in order to automate this procedure. Please refer to the

corresponding user’s manual for more information.

It is possible to monitor all transfers to a destination

target, a CleanEdit or AVID system using the ‘Transfer

Information’ windows from the ‘Tools’ menu of the main

tool bar.

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The ‘Transfer Information’ window is displayed.

Clip transfers which are not completed appear in the

‘Pending Transfers’ list. For every transfer, the following

information is displayed: Clip Name, Clip Duration

(including guard bands) and the type of transfer.

Type of Transfers:

- Target (Target name) : all transfers

resulting from a ‘Send To - Destination

target’ operation.

- CleanEdit (Target name) : all transfers

resulting from an ‘Send To - CleanEdit’

operation.

- AVID (Target name) : all transfers

resulting from an ‘Send To - Avid’

operation.

Total duration : is the total duration of all individual

clips that are still pending transfer.

Remaining duration : The system can be setup in order

to put a limit on the maximum duration of a clip (or the

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combined duration of several clips) that one particular

user can send at a time. The Remaining Duration

corresponds to this limit duration minus the Total

Duration of pending transfers showing you the amount of

time (or rather clip durations) that you can currently still

transfer.

Clips you have created on the server : The system can

be setup in order to limit the number of clips one user

can create on the server. This limit is indicated on the

right side of the progress bar. The number of clips the

user has created on the server is indicated in the ‘Clips

you have created on the server’ box. Once the limit has

been reached, an error message is displayed in the error

list at the bottom of the main window.

The history list of all transfers can be displayed from the

‘Tools’ menu of the main tool bar. Select ‘View own clips

status and history’ from the Tools menu.

In this window, one line corresponds to one transfer.

The information displayed for each transfer is : the

corresponding Clip Name and LSM ID, its type, its

status, an error message in case an error occurred, and

finally timing information.

Clip Name and LSM ID : The Name and LSM ID of the

clip which has been transferred.

Transfer Type : The type of transfer can be :

- Target (Target Name): The clip has been

sent to a destination folder (indicated by

the target name) via a Send To command.

- Clean Edit (Target Name): The clip has

been sent to an XStore workstation

(indicated by the target name) running

CleanEdit applications.

- AVID TM (Target Name): The clip has

been sent to an AVID system through a

Transfer Manager (indicated by the target

name).

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Status : The status of the transfer

- SUCCESS : the transfer has been

successfully transferred to the

corresponding target

- IN PROGRESS: the transfer is still in the

transfer queue. It is not completed.

- ERROR: the transfer has not been

successfully completed. Some errors

occurred. Refer to the Error message

column to know what could be the cause

of the error.

Error Message: A message indicating the cause of the

error.

- Not enough space on disk : The file could

not be copied to the destination target

because the disk drive was full. Free

some space on disk.

-

Starting time: Time when the transfer started.

Ending time: Time when the transfer ended.

T/C and date corresponding to the short In of a clip can

be modified from the clip contextual menu. This

operation is very useful when re-ingesting a feed which

must then be associated to a log sheet, or simply

because the A/V material ingested corresponds to A/V

material which was originally recorded at a different T/C

and date.

The ‘Modify T/C or Date’ window is opened.

Clips can be published to other groups of users from the

clip contextual menu. Publishing a clip means the clip

will be visible by the members of the group(s) the clip is

published to.

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To know who owns a clip and to which group(s) the clip

has been published to, select ‘Properties’ from the clip

contextual menu.

The ‘Clip Properties’ window is opened.

Clip Lists are a group of clips put together to play out in

a desired order. Depending on the complexity required

they can have video and audio transitions between them

but only one transition type and transition duration can

be used in each clip-list.

Clip-lists are stored in bank 0 of each page within an XT; there

are 10 spaces per page giving 100 clip-lists per XT. The tree

structure of the Database Explorer shows each XT Server and a

sub tree for each page.

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For each clip-list, there are variable width columns

providing relevant information about the Data stored with

each clip.

NAME: A clip-list can be named using the XT keyboard,

or on the IP Director Control Panel in clip list mode.

LSM PLAYLIST NUMBER: The play-list number on the

designated XT Server

LSM SERIAL NUMBER: The XT Server that the clip-list

is on

DURATION: The length of the playlist.

CLIP COUNT: The number of clips in the playlist

LSM SERIAL NUMBER: The serial number of the XT

server that the playlist is stored on

AUXTRACKID: The ID Louth of an *Aux track associated

with a playlist

Select the playlist to delete, right click for the contextual

menu and select delete. Confirm the deletion from the

pop up window that appears on Screen

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All media connected with a particular project or event can be

organized into a bin, regardless of its clip number or storage

location, making it possible to treat the whole X-NET network as

one storage location and searchable by a standard database. The

results of searches can be stored to a bin to allow more

immediate access to media which may be stored on any machine

on the X-Net.

The bins tree is created as clips are organized so the sub tree is

customized by the user, this feature which does not use any of

the existing clip structure of the XT platform. By right-clicking on

the bins tree the contextual menu gives a choice of creating a

new bin or a new bin directory, renaming a bin or deleting the

selected bin(s).

To open a bin window to drag clips into or see clips that

are included in it, double-click on the icon for that bin.

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A bin rule is a rule that allows clips made on selected

record trains to be automatically copied to a bin. To

define a bin rule, select a bin and right-click to open the

contextual menu for the bin.

Select the "Define Bin Rule" option and a new window

opens

Add the record trains required to the list for automatic

inclusion in the bin

Each Bin contains a list of clips with all the data available with

each clip. The data column heading are therefore the same as

the Clip column headings, they can be edited in the same way as

within the Database Explorer section above.

Note: For details of how to hide or show the columns

see the section Database Explorer -> Tools ->

Organize, in this chapter

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The logs section of the Database Explorer allows the user to

browse for a log of any event for which a log has been created

and then to use the free text search engine or Keyword Grids to

filter the data to provide required results.

Folders can be created in the Logs area of the explorer tree to

enhance the database structure and make the collation and

search of data easier.

The logs tree is created by making new directories to store logs

in. The logs tree is customized by the user, by adding directories

relevant to the Production. By right-clicking on the logs tree the

contextual menu gives a choice of creating a new directory,

deleting the selected directory, publishing a directory or viewing

its properties.

The user can take advantage of the Log Directories by searching

all Log Sheets contained inside the directory. This allows for a

search across a range of log sheets instead of all sheets in the

system.

Note: If the user has selected a Directory in the

Logs Tree.. the system will disable the AUTOMATIC

REFRESH for that time being. This is to minimize

wasteful database query updates on the browser

window.

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A Log can be made available to all users or only to

certain groups of users as defined by the User rights

management system in IP Director. To define the groups

for which a log is visible the publish command is used,

select them from the list of groups and then click on

publish

User rights are set up in the User Manager

program provided with IP Director and can be

set only by an administrator.

If the publish action is done from a directory,

all log sheets present in this directory and its

sub-directories will be published to the selected

groups of users.

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To establish the ownership and groups to which a Log Directory has

been published, select properties from the contextual menu.

A log sheet can be deleted from the tree when "Delete

selected" is selected from the logsheet contextual menu.

Log sheets must be deleted one by one. A delete

operation is not available from a log directory.

A log sheet can be exported from the tree either in XML

or in text format (CSV) by selecting ‘Export’ from the

logs contextual menu. Refer to the IP Logger paragraph

in this manual for more information on log sheet exports.

A logging profile used with a log sheet can be exported

from the tree in XML format by selecting ‘Expor current

Logging Profile’ from the logs contextual menu. Refer to

the IP Logger paragraph in this manual for more

information on logging profile exports.

For each Log item there are variable width columns

providing relevant information about the data stored with

each clip.

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EVENT DATE: The date of the Log Sheet as defined

when it was created.

EVENT: The name of the Log Sheets defined when it was

created.

LOG DATE: The date as defined when the log sheet was

created.

LOG T/C: The captured T/C associated with the data

which has been entered on to the log

DESCRIPTION: Free text entry description added by user

LEVEL: A rating can be given to a log from no stars to

three stars (***). This can be done at any time and can

provide a useful search filter for use in the Database

Explorer.

KEYWORD: The first five keywords associated with this

log sheet

PARENT KEYWORD: The keywords associated globally

to the entire log sheet. The keywords defined in the

second step of the ‘new log sheet wizard’.

ASSOCIATED CLIPS: Any clips which have the T/C on the log within

them, and that have been made on the relevant recorder channels

defined in the log sheet.

AUTOMATIC KEYWORDS: If automatic keywords have been defined

in the logging profile used with the log sheet, a column will appear for

every automatic keyword in the IP Logger list.

used with the log sheet or if no ‘Automatic keyword’ section was

present in the logging profile.

USER’S FIELDS: If user’s fields have been defined in the logging

profile used with the log sheet, a column will appear for every user’s

field in the IP Logger list.

used with the log sheet or if no ‘User’s field’ section was present in the

logging profile.

COMMENT FLAG: This feature makes the log entry just a

comment. This type of log will be displayed in the IP

Logger interface with a different color. It can be useful

as a visual aid to separate a group of logged events

appearing within a log sheet, such as the sets of a tennis

match.

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There are several methods available to search the

database for media, customizable by the menus and

icons at the head of the Database Explorer Window

Shows or hides the folder and tree structure

Provides a list of options for the preferred settings of the list view

Note: Thumbnails can be created automatically when there is

an X-File designated within the thumbnails configuration in the

Management Console application of IP Director. Please see the

Technical Reference manual for further details.

Manual thumbnails can be created using the Photo button on the

Control Panel section of this manual

Available only when a channel is assigned to the Database

Explorer. These buttons change how a clip will be loaded to the

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When enabled, selecting a clip will go to the first frame of a clip

on the associated channel, but does not play it.

When enabled, selecting a clip will go to the first frame of a clip

on the associated channel, and play it.

Note: This mode is not recommended when

selecting clips to play for live transmission as there will

be a delay between the loading of the clip and play back.

There are several ways to define the search criteria from

Database Explorer. Each method described here can be

used on its own or in conjunction with other methods to

produce the required result.

The Database Explorer application has a tree structure

which enables the first phase of a search for material to

be conducted, by filtering through the tree structure it is

possible to restrict the search to specific locations on

the XNet network, play-lists, within bins or Logs

The icon reveals the filtering tool bar which you

can use to search for clips and see their associated

metadata.

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Note: The search can be refined to a specific area of the

database depending on the tree level selected in the tree

structure.

A filter can be opened simply by clicking on the

corresponding button in the tool bar, or by using its

corresponding short cut.

When a filter is opened, the search is not performed, it

only displays the filter parameters which will be used to

refine the search.

Different filters can be used at the same time to refine

the search. For example you can use the ‘Keywords’

filter (selecting ‘Goal’ and ‘Beckam’ keywords in a

keyword grid) with the ‘Date’ filter (today) to perform a

search on all clips which correspond to the goals Beckam

scored today.

To activate the filters and get the corresponding result,

the APPLY button must be pressed.

When the results are displayed, the

APPLY button is surrounded by a green

rectangle meaning that the clips

displayed in the list correspond to the

result of all opened filters.

When the apply button is surrounded by a

red rectangle, it means the clips

displayed in the list do not correspond to

the result of all opened filters. This is

typically the case when you open a new

filter before clicking on APPLY.

To close a filter, click again on the corresponding button

in the filter tool bar. Closing a filter will modify the

search result. It will re-apply all opened filters (now

without the one which has been closed)

All filters can be closed by clicking on the button

in the filters tool bar. This operation will reset the

search result. The list will display all clips based on the

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tree level selected in the tree structure.

This operation does not close the filter tool bar so that a

new filter can then be re-applied.

Clicking on the icon when the filter tool bar is

displayed will reset the search result and hide the filter

tool bar.

Short cut

Shift + Ctrl + F

Description

Search for clips based on a free text. The

engine only searches in the columns

selected in the drop down menu.

Parameters :

Search columns : Define the columns in which the

engine will effectively search for the text entered.

Including/Starting with : Indicates if the engine will

search for entries that include the text entered or only

entries that start with the text entered.

Text : The text to search for.

By Typing a word into the box and pressing the ‘enter’

key on the keyboard a search is performed on the word

entered.

In "including" mode, if 2 words are entered a search will

be performed on both words and produce results

containing either of the words.

If the search criteria are entered within quotation marks

the results produced will be based on the exact phrase

entered between the quotation marks.

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Short cut

Shift + Ctrl + D

Description

Search for clips based on a date interval

or within the last x days (from today)

Parameters :

Date Interval : select the 2 dates From/To defining the

inverval of the search.

Last x days : Select the number of days starting today

going back in time.

Short cut

Shift + Ctrl + T

Description

Search for clips including a certain

timecode.

Parameters :

T/C : The timecode to search for.

Grab : If a player channel is associated to the database

explorer, clicking on Grab will grab the current timecode

of that channel.

AutoGrab : If checked and if a player channel is

associated to the database explorer, it will automatically

grab the on-air T/C of the channel every time the user

opens the filter or presses Shift + Ctrl + T on the

keyboard.

Short cut

Description

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Shift + Ctrl + L

Search for clips based on their interest

level rating. The search can be done

from a certain level up, or corresponding

to an exact interest level.

Parameters :

Star buttons : Select the level from 0 to 3 stars.

If pressed, the search includes clips with at least the

selected level. For example, if is selected, the

result will return clips with interest level of 2 or 3 stars.

If not pressed, the result will only return clips which

have the exact selected level. For example, if is

selected, the result will only return clips with an interest

level of 2 stars.

Short cut

Shift + Ctrl + Y

Description

Select clips of a certain type : Fill, Key,

Hi-Res or Low-Res. Buttons are not

exclusive and can be combined.

Parameters :

Type : Select the type you would like to search for.

Different possibilities are : no type, fill, key, hi and/or lo.

Different types can be combined. For example if fill &

key type are both selected, the result will provide both

fill and key clips in the clip level selected in the tree

structure.

Clear : Reset the selection.

Short cut

Shift + Ctrl + U

Description

Select clips with a certain status.

Parameters :

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Status :

Clips which have not been sent to any

destination target.

Clips which have been sent to a

destination target, for which the transfer

is not yet complete

Clips which have been sent to an XStore

platform (running a CleanEdit

application), for which the transfer is not

yet complete

Clips which have been sent to an AVID

system, for which the transfer is not yet

complete

Clips which have been sent to a

destination target, for which the transfer

is complete

Clips which have been sent to an XStore

plateform (running a CleanEdit

application), for which the transfer is

complete

Clips which have been sent to an AVID

system, for which the transfer is

complete

Clips which have been sent to a

destination target, for which the transfer

ended with errors

Clips which have been sent to an XStore

plateform (running a CleanEdit

application), for which the transfer ended

with errors

Clips which have been sent to an AVID

system, for which the transfer ended with

errors

Clear : Reset the selection.

Short cut

Shift + Ctrl + K

Description

Search for clips based on their associated

keywords. Keywords can be selected

from either a keyword grid or a dictionary.

By selecting keywords on the Keyword grid or dictionary

and then clicking on from the Keyword Grid, the

dictionary or the filter toolbar (or even pressing ENTER

on the keyboard) a search of the database is performed.

The selected keywords are displayed in the keyword text

box.

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For each keyword entered the search is refined, for

example if only one word is entered all clips containing

that word will appear, if a second word is added the

search will only show the results in which both keywords

are found and so on..

Parameters:

Recursive search mode:

When the ‘recursive search mode’ is enabled, if a

keyword is selected in a dictionary, the search will also

consider his child keywords (one level down). So for

example, with the following dictionary:

If the operator selects GOAL from a keyword grid and

selects Germany in the dictionary, the result of the

search will give all elements which has

GOAL and Germany, or

GOAL and Player 1, or

GOAL and Player 2, or

…

GOAL and Player N

If player 1 is the parent of some keywords, they are not

taken into consideration in the search request because

the recursive mode is only available one level down the

selected dictionary tree.

When the recursive search mode is disabled, the

keywords taken into account in the search result are only

the selected ones (and not their children).

Clear : Reset the selection

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If the log area of the tree structure is selected all events

logged are shown. Selecting a folder or a specific log

sheet within a folder will filter the results according to

the selections made.

It is also possible to search for logs using the filters tool

bar which can be activated by clicking on the icon

in the main tool bar.

The filters available for logs are :

- text search

- T/C

- Date

- Interest level

- Keywords.

All filters are the same as clip filters (see previous

section) except the T/C filter.

Short cut

Shift + Ctrl + T

Description

Search for logs created at a certain

timecode or created within a specified

range based around the timecode entered.

Parameters :

T/C : The timecode to search for.

Range: The range defines the interval around the

timecode entered for which the search will also apply.

The default range entry is 5 seconds.

Grab : If a player channel is associated to the database

explorer, clicking on Grab will grab the current timecode

of that channel.

AutoGrab : If checked and if a player channel is

associated to the database explorer, it will automatically

grab the on-air T/C of the channel every time the user

opens the filter or presses Shift + Ctrl + T on the

keyboard.

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If a channel is associated with the Database Explorer

and the media is still available on the preview recorder,

selecting the event will show the frame selected on the

channel output, using the arrows in the menu bar or the

next train, previous train buttons on the shuttlepro will

move between available trains at the selected timecode.

To automatically make a clip based on a log entry on the

record train selected as the preview recorder, click on

the event on the log sheet and drag the clip onto a bin in

the Database Explorer tree or onto a open window.

The clip created will have it’s ‘in’ and

‘out’ [points determined by the values

from the "Automatic Clip Creation

based on Logs" which can be found

from "Tools" on the Main Toolbar and

the second tab on the "Settings"

Window

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Note: It is possible to create a clip on all relevant

recorders in one single drag & drop operation simply by

holding the SHIFT key on the keyboard.

Note: If the Ctrl key is hold during the drag & drop

operation, the ‘Save Clip’ window is opened. It is then

possible to name the clip and associate some metadata.

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If an associated clip is selected from the drop down box

that appears when the associated clip area is selected

on an event, this clip will appear on the assigned output

regardless of its record source. The player area will

display the timecode within the clip that has been

recalled.

A selected clip or group of clips can be added to a bin in

Database Explorer or to clip-list on a Control Panel for

later use by using a drag and drop command from the

drop down box, or by right clicking you can use the ‘Send

to Archive’ function from the contextual menu.

Note: If a monitoring output of the channel

selected is connected to the video card of the

workstation then by opening the Video display panel it

can be seen on the VGA. If control of the channel is

required there must be an RS-422 connection to the XT

machine the channel is part of.

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Shows all possible column headings for each section of the folder

tree and allows them to be selected depending on the

requirements of the user. The order of the columns can be

determined using drag & drop techniques in the list. If the column

must be visible in the database explorer list, simply check the

When enabled this will limit the results of any search to the

number of elements defined in the IP Director configuration tab of

the console management application (1000 elements by default).

Refer to the Technical Manual for more information.

Last: All new clips will be inserted at the bottom of a list (this is

the default).

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First Display: All new clips will be inserted at the top of the

visible part of a list

Sorted: All new clips will be inserted at its sorted position in a list

To refresh the Database Explorer display when necessary, for

example when new clips are automatically inserted in a bin they

are not automatically displayed, pressing refresh will update the

bin

When a large amount of data is present in the system the

Automatic refresh of all associations can slow down the operation

of the system, to only refresh the system on demand, disable this

option

The area at the bottom left of the window shows in green how

many elements there are in any list or search produced in the

explorer window.

The area at the bottom centre of the window shows if the

database window is linked to another window (like a keyword

grid) to share information or to create thumbnails using an

association to the video display panel.

The channel assigned from Channel Explorer or Control Panel

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and its name appear in the green area on the bottom right of the

window

To create a thumbnail a video display window must be

associated to the Database Explorer window.

To establish the association drag the association zone of

the video display panel to the association zone of the

Database Explorer window.

Press the Photo button or use shift + P from the

keyboard to add the thumbnail to the selected clip

Note: For IP Director to create a thumbnail in this way,

the output of the selected channel must be

connected to an input of the workstation’s video

board and the picture displayed in a video display

window on the VGA

Note: Thumbnails can be created automatically when

there is an X-File designated within the

thumbnails configuration in the Management

Console application of IP Director. Please see

the Technical Reference manual for further

details.

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IP Logger

IP Logger can be used to create a log which relates events with

timecodes, camera angles, clip numbers and metadata in a fast

and efficient way, so as not to interfere with, but compliment a live

production, whilst also producing invaluable data for use of the

material during or after the event.

Once the live event is over, the log can be refined as necessary

because IP Logger can be used to add events to a log at any time

on any recorded media declared relevant. It will associate any

clips then found on the X-Net with the log.

Also a previously recorded feed can be reviewed and a log post

produced, as the clip association data is always updated

whenever a new event is recorded in an active log

To start a new log sheet, click on File and select New Log Sheet

in the menu. This starts the log sheet wizard with 4 Steps to

define the parameters for the Log. Each step is concisely

described on screen to assist in defining the characteristics of the

log.

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A name and a date for the log must be defined. A description is

optional as it will only appear in the log characteristics screen.

The log sheets are filed in the Database Explorer in a tree structure, the

Parent field allows the log sheet to be placed in a particular folder in

this structure. Browsing in this field displays the folders already created

in the Logs section of the Database Explorer

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A logging profile is a file generated to enable specific User Fields to be

added to a log sheet or Automatic Keywords to be managed in events

(logs) on a log sheet. Initially, the Logging Profiles must be created

outside the IP Director interface as an .XML file. In a later release they

will be created from within IP Director. A list of all imported Logging

Profiles will be shown in the drop down box. See ' How to Import a

Logging Profile’ later in this chapter for details.

A list of all keywords that are in the IP Director database is displayed.

By associating any of these with the log sheet, each event logged will

have these as an additional set of parent keywords. When performing

a search of the database, for example if a team name is added here, in

any database search with that team name will include all items from this

log sheet. Any parent keywords used must therefore have relevance for

all events in the log sheet.

Each record channel on any XT server within the XNet can be defined

as a relevant source to have log information associated with it.

Similarly, if a channel recording a source which is not relevant to the

current log sheet then it should be excluded from the list.

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Right click in the ‘relevant recorders’ list to define a ‘preview recorder’.

The preview recorder definition is used to provide the timecode

displayed in the LIVE area of the log sheet. It will also be the angle

selected when the operator double clicks on an event in a log that loads

to a channel for viewing.

Note: The Preview Recorder MUST be assigned to a record

channel that is managed with a RS422 link to the XT server the channel

is on. If not, the Log Sheet will NOT function correctly, and no LIVE

Timecode will be displayed.

Defines all User fields requested in the selected logging profile. If no

Logging Profile has been defined in Step 1 or if no User Field section

has been defined in the logging profile, this area will remain ‘greyed’

and inaccessible.

If a Logging Profile has been selected, then more information can be

added to the Log using the User’s Field definitions available in the

wizard.

A Logging Profile can also contain a definition of Automatic Keywords

to be used on a Log Sheet. If a definition has been made the Log Sheet

will contain a tab window next to the Log Information tab to permit the

addition of Automatic Keywords to events within a Log Sheet.

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When the Wizard has been completed it will show its name and a

running timecode in yellow in the ’LIVE’ window

Note: If running timecode is not displayed in the ‘live’ area, it means

the ‘preview recorder’ is located on a server with no RS-422

connection to the IP Director network.

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To use the log sheet effectively it is necessary to have previously

set up and named one or more Keyword grids for use with the

log. Once set up, as many keyword grids can be used with a log

as required. Each log element can have keywords added to it.

A Keyword can also be nominated as a "participant" keyword

which creates an individual column within the log. This feature

could be used to distinguish the competitor or player information

from action keywords entered which are in the keyword column

Note: For more detail on how to create keyword grids please refer to

the Keyword Management section in the manual.

Open the Keyword grid(s) required by

selecting from the title bar and using

"Keywords" and "Keyword grid".

A grid layout type can be selected

using the Customize option. The size

of the window and its screen position

can be determined using normal

windows selection techniques.

mode.

Notes: A user must have the rights to modify keyword grid to be able

to change a Keyword Grid layout.

The Keyword Grid layout is kept in the Ip Director database

which means that you work on shared data.

All actions undertaken on Keyword grid layout will have

reverberated therefore on each Ip Director.

It is possible to use 2 VGA screens on one IP Director

Workstation dependant upon the graphics card installed in the

Chassis.

Automatic keywords functions like a ‘sticky keyword’ that will persist

though all log entries made until the automatic keyword is changed.

This is especially useful when tracking the pitcher in a baseball game,

or a Period of action in a sports event, or program part of an

entertainment event.

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If a definition of Automatic Keywords has been made in a Logging

Profile the Log Sheet will contain a tab window next to the Log

Information tab to permit the addition of Automatic Keywords to events

within a Log Sheet.

Each heading defined in a Logging profile appears on the tab as a free

text field or as a drop down list (as defined in the logging profile)

offering a choice of Keywords to be assigned automatically with each

event created. Each heading is a column available on the Log Sheet

and any keywords selected are added to that column upon event

creation.

Note: If running timecode is not displayed in the ‘live’

area, it means the ‘preview recorder’ is located

on a server with no RS connection to the IP

Director network.

To add a word to an automatic keyword combo box simply click

on the ‘+’ button next to the appropriate combo box. The

following window will appear:

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To open an existing log sheet, select File and then Open Log

Sheet in the window.

To update the information entered in the Log Sheet Wizard, select File

and then Properties. Select the relevant area of the Wizard and make

the changes.

If a Log Sheet has been made on another unconnected IP

Director Workstation in a separate location, for example at a

Sporting Venue, and the Log Sheet is to be used within a

different system, for example in a Post Production area it can be

imported using the Import command in Log Sheet File Menu

Note: Once the media has been restored or published on the

XNet network, it will be automatically associated with the imported log

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If a Log Sheet is to be used within a different system it can be

exported using the Export command in Log Sheet File Menu.

The log sheet can be exported in 2 different formats : XML or

CSV.

workstation at a different location.

Microsoft Excel ® to produce a print out.

To Import a Logging File use the command from the File menu

(Import -> A logging profile) from the IP Logger application and

browse for its location.

Then specify a Name and a Description for that profile. This

information will be displayed in Step 1 of the wizard when you

create a new log sheet.

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The IP Logger has an optional method for incorporating User Fields and

Automatic Keywords into Log Sheets. To manage which data should be used in

a Log Sheet being created, an XML file is imported into the system.

The XML schema is separated into three parts:

HEADER – Information about the Logging Profile

NAME – To be used to select which profile will be used for log

sheet

Description – To add more detail when selecting a profile for log

sheets

USER FIELDS – Data entered when defining a new log sheet (required

fields for new log sheets)

Header – Name of User Field

Type – TEXT or COMBO

Value – Used when a COMBO BOX is used to predetermine field in

the Combo box

AUTOMATIC KEYWORDS – Fields to appear as ‘Sticky Keywords’ in the

Logger window

Header – Name of User Field

Type – TEXT or COMBO

Value – Used when a COMBO BOX is used to predetermine field in

the Combo box

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An example of an XML Profile is shown below:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>

<logging_profile>

<header>

<name>US Open Tennis - CBS</name>

<description>Logging Profile for the US Open Tennis</description>

</header>

<user_fields>

<user_field>

<header>Logger Name</header>

<type>TEXT</type>

</user_field>

<user_field>

<header>Court</header>

<type>COMBO</type>

<values>

<value>COURT 1</value>

<value>COURT 2</value>

<value>COURT 3</value>

<value>COURT 10</value>

<value>COURT 11</value>

</values>

</user_field>

</user_fields>

<automatic_keywords>

<automatic_keyword>

<header>GAME</header>

<type>COMBO</type>

</automatic_keyword>

<automatic_keyword>

<header>SET</header>

<type>COMBO</type>

</automatic_keyword>

<automatic_keyword>

<header>MATCH</header>

<type>COMBO</type>

</automatic_keyword>

<automatic_keyword>

<header>SERVING</header>

<type>COMBO</type>

</automatic_keyword>

</automatic_keywords>

</logging_profile>

Once imported to the IP Director database, the Profile will remain

available for all new log sheets being created.

Profile must also be exported with the LOGS SHEETS when

exporting to ensure the correct formatting is maintained when a Log

Sheet is re-imported later.

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In a later release they will be created from within IP Director. To

export the currently used Logging File use the command from the

File menu to export as an .XML file.

A logging profile can be deleted from "Tools/Logging manager" in

the main menu bar. If a logging profile is used in a logsheet

which has at least one log, it cannot be deleted and will not

appear in the list.

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For a clip to be associated with the event timecode entered into a log it

must contain that same timecode. The guardbands of the clip are also

taken into consideration.

Tools menu, clips can be made on all relevant recorders to include the

first event timecode (first log) and the last event timecode (last log) on

the Relevant recorder trains. This will protect all media associated to

the entire log sheet. It will then be possible to keep access to all

relevant recorders A/V data even days after the event.

Must be seen with R&D what it does exactly.

To add or remove the data columns visible in a Log sheet, use the

Organize command from the Tools menu

The pop-up window allows a choice making each heading visible by

ticking the check boxes, a default setting can be chosen using the

button on the window.

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This section is for the use of EVS engineers to monitoring the

performance of the system and to help isolate any support issues which

may arise.

Performs a Refresh of the Grid when necessary

To add events and data to use the log sheet effectively it is necessary

to open relevant Keyword Grids. These are usually best prepared in

advance of the logging session although they could be produced and/or

modified at any time. As many as Keyword grids as required can be

used with a log.

Note: For more detail on how to create Keyword grids please

refer to the Keyword Manager section of the manual.

Open the Keyword grid(s) required by selecting from the title bar and

using "Keywords" and "Keyword grid".

be selected using the tab or defined

using the selection. The size of the

window and its screen position can be determined using normal

windows techniques.

Note: It is possible to use 2 VGA

screens on one IP Director Workstation

dependant upon the graphics card installed

in the Workstation.

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If a definition of Automatic Keywords has been in a Logging Profile the

Log Sheet will contain a tab window next to the Log Information tab to

permit the addition of Automatic Keywords to events within a Log

Sheet.

Each heading defined in a Logging profile appears on the tab with a

drop down list offering a choice of Keywords to be assigned

automatically with each event created. Each heading is a column

available on the Log Sheet and any keywords selected are added to

Press ‘New’ on the Live section of the Panel, a timecode is grabbed

and placed in a new window which opens on the log sheet.

Click on the rating Level stars, use the keyword grid(s) or use the free

text area to associate data with the timecode value shown.

LEVEL RATING: A rating can be given to an event from no stars to ***.

DESCRIPTION: To add alphanumeric free text from the keyboard

KEYWORD: Up to 10 keywords can be added per event, to enter click

on a keyword from any open grid, each mouse click adds a keyword, to

deselect a keyword click on it again

COMMENT: This feature makes the log just a comment log. This type

of log will be displayed with a different color in the log sheet.

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When complete use the Insert button to add to the log being produced.

Any clips made on the relevant record channels of the XNet will appear

on the log whenever they are created, even if this is significantly before

or after the grabbed timecode, the log will automatically update

whenever it sees a clip containing the recorded event timecode.

To assign a playback channel for use with IP Logger open channel

Explorer, select a channel and assign by dragging it onto it to the log

sheet in the box to the right at the base of the panel. The channel name

will then appear in green in this area.

Additionally, the player area will become active and show the timecode

of the selected channel in green, if the channel is in a EE mode it will

be the same as the live area timecode.

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By selecting an item in the log, right-clicking to see the contextual menu

and selecting , a new edit window appears allowing the

addition of more details to previously logged action at any time.

To confirm the addition or correction press the button.

The time code position can be manually modified in the Timecode Field

in the ‘Edit a log’ window.

Note: The time code field will clear as soon as the user types…therefore it is

necessary to re-enter all the Timecode information into the window and press TAB

or ENTER to validate the entry.

Or alternatively, to modify the timecode position of the logged event,

can be selected from the contextual menu. The log is

then loaded on the player channel at the relevant timecode position. By

jogging the player channel to a new position and using the

timecode recorded in the log can be modified and confirmed using

.

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By double-clicking an event from the log the channel will go to the

specified timecode on the record channel defined as the preview

channel for the log.

Also, selecting the event and right-clicking displays the contextual

menu. Select to load the media to the player channel.

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If an associated clip is selected from the drop down box which appears

when the associated clip area is selected on an event, this clip will

appear on the assigned output regardless of its record source. The

player area will display the timecode within the clip that has been

recalled.

Note: If a monitoring output of the channel selected is connected to the

video card of the workstation then by opening the Video display

panel it can be seen on the VGA. If control of the channel is

required there must be an RS-422 connection to the XT machine

the channel is part of.

A clip or group of clips can be selected from the drop

down list and added to a bin in Database Explorer or to

clip-list on a Control Panel for later use by using a drag

and drop command. The ‘Send to Archive’ function can

be selected from the contextual menu opened with a right

click. For more information on archiving, refer to the

‘Archive clips’ section in the database explorer chapter.

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To automatically make a clip based on a log entry on the

record train selected as the preview recorder, click on

the event on the log sheet and drag the clip onto a bin in

The clip created will have its ‘in’ and ‘out’ [points

determined by the values from the "Automatic Clip

Creation based on Logs" which can be found from "Tools"

on the Main Toolbar:

and the second tab on the "Settings" Window

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Note: It is possible to create a clip on all relevant

recorders in one single drag & drop operation simply by

holding the CTRL key on the keyboard.

DESCRIPTION: Displays the alphanumeric free text added for the even

from the keyboard

LEVEL: Displays a level rating that has been added to an event from

no stars to three stars (***).

KEYWORDS: Displays all the keywords added per event.

ASSOCIATED CLIPS: Displays the clips that have been created on the

defined relevant recorders which include the event timecode

AUTOMATIC KEYWORDS: If automatic keywords have been defined

in the logging profile used with the log sheet, a column will appear for

every automatic keyword in the IP Logger list.

used with the log sheet or if no ‘Automatic keyword’ section was

present in the logging profile.

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USER’S FIELDS: If user’s fields have been defined in the logging

profile used with the log sheet, a column will appear for every user’s

field in the IP Logger list.

used with the log sheet or if no ‘User’s field’ section was present in the

logging profile.

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Keywords are an essential element to the IPDirector

system, bridging the gap between the XT servers and a

conventional database by allowing the user to search for

material using keywords which relate to the media rather

than searching by storage locations.

Keywords allow you to perform searches in logs or clips in

a unified manner. Every user can thus be certain that the

media and logs are indexed in a structured manner so as

to provide accurate search results.

This application provides tools to add data to the

database. It allows the addition of individual words,

importation of existing Keyword Grids of up to 300

IPDirector database. Using Keyword Management tools it

is possible to create and edit Keyword Grids, Keyword

Dictionaries and also to import and export keyword files

between different IPDirector installations. Keyword files

made on an XT Server are also importable.

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Dictionaries allow you to manage all your Keywords in a

structured hierarchy. This hierarchy allows for similar

items to be grouped under headings that are collapsible

and expandable.

The Keyword List tool allows adding, removing or

renaming Keywords in the IPDirector Database.

Note: The Keyword List is kept in the IPDirector

database which means that you work with shared data.

All actions undertaken on Keyword will be reverberated

on each IPDirector.

T

o open Keyword List Tool, select it from the Keywords

drop down area of the main IPDirector Menu.

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To insert a keyword, type the word into the edit box and

click "Add" or immediately press "Enter" on the keyboard.

Note: A Keyword can also be nominated as a

"participant" Keyword. This feature can be used to

distinguish between the competitor or player keywords

and the action keywords.

To insert a participant keyword, type the word into the

edit box, activate the participant checkbox and click

"Add".

The participant keywords can be

differentiated by a little blue icon next to

the keyword.

You can change a keyword to a participant keyword by

selecting the keyword, right click on the keyword and

select "Define as participant keyword" from the

contextual menu.

You can change a participant keyword to a standard

keyword by selecting the keyword, right click on the

keyword and select "Reset participant keyword" from the

contextual menu.

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To rename a keyword, right click on the keyword and

select "Rename keyword" from the contextual menu.

The keyword name is highlighted; you can

then rename it and press enter to validate

your modification.

Note: The system does not accept several keywords

having the same spelling (case non sensitive).

If a keyword is already present in the list, a popup asks

you if you want to replace the existing keyword with the

new one.

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T

o delete one or more keywords, select them from the

list, then select "Delete keyword" from the contextual

menu by right clicking.

Note: A Keyword displayed in yellow

means that they are used in a currently

opened Keyword grid or dictionary.

You can delete all unused keywords from the database

by selecting "Delete all unused keywords" from the "File"

menu of the Keyword List Tool.

You can change the way the list display the keywords.

Display only keywords and participant keywords

from a specific keyword grid.

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Display only keywords and participant keywords

from a specific dictionary.

Several users can add some keywords from different

IPDirector Workstation at the same time, in some cases;

the list is not refreshed automatically.

You can force the manual refresh while selecting the

"Refresh" button on the main menu.

You can import a keyword file with multiple keywords in

it, for instance a team line-up or squad by selecting

"Import" from the "File" menu of the Keyword List Tool.

Note: To import a keyword file it must have a .txt

extension and each keyword must be on its own line

within the file. If the general IPDirector settings are not

set to manage 64 characters keywords, the keywords are

truncated to 12 characters if they are longer. Also, extra

characters should not be present in the text file

(example: #, %, @, TABS, etc)

You can cancel the last Import of Keywords by selecting

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"Undo last import" from the "File" menu of the Keyword

List Tool.

You can export the current listed keywords by selecting

"Export" from the "File" menu of the Keyword List Tool.

The keywords are saved in a .txt file.

This can be used to transport a set of keywords between

two IPDirector Workstations in different locations and not

on the same IPDirector network.

A Keyword Grid allows the user to build groups of up

to 300 keywords in a specific field position in a grid.

These will normally first to be associated with log

sheets and individual clips, and then subsequently

be used to search the metadata to retrieve required

media.

The Keyword Grid tool allows creating, modifying or

deleting Keyword Grid in the IPDirector database.

Note: The Keyword grids are kept in the IPDirector

database which means that you work with shared data.

All actions undertaken on Keyword grids will have

reverberated on each IPDirector.

To manage keyword grid, you must use the keyword list

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tool as well as the keyword grid tool.

To open both tools, select "Open All" and "With a vertical

grid" or "With a horizontal grid" from the Keywords drop

down area of the main IPDirector Menu.

Vertical view:

Horizontal view:

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New: Opens a dialog window to define a new keyword

grid and optional description

Rename: Allows the renaming of an opened Keyword

Grid in the database

Open: Allows the opening a Keyword Grid

Publish: Allows the publishing of the opened Keyword

Grid to predefined user groups

Delete: Allows the deletion of Keyword Grids in the

database via a confirmation screen

Import keyword grid: Allows importing of a keyword grid

from a file in one of two ways:

the keywords in the current keyword grid

Note: To import a keyword grid it must be a text file

with a .kwd extension. A line of text must have the

following format:

Position = keyword

where position is the location of the keyword on the grid.

Only one keyword per line of text should be used

1 = Jones

2 = Touchdown

3 = Pass

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Export keyword grid: Opens a window to allow a file to

be created of the currently selected keyword grid to be

stored or imported to another database. This format is

the same as for an XT Server allowing the direct import

of the file to an XT Server

The Keyword Grid tab allows the user to build groups of

up to 300 keywords to use, first in the logging and

creation of the metadata, to be associated with log

sheets and individual clips, and then to search the

metadata to retrieve required media.

On the left side the keyword list display the keywords

that have been entered into the database.

To help in discriminating which words have already been

used on a grid, each word already used in the active grid

is highlighted in yellow text. Keywords used in other

grids are not highlighted unless that grid is opened and

the keyword grids with the current windows focus.

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Note: To add a keyword to the opened grid, be sure

To add a keyword to opened grid, select the

keyword in the keyword list and drag it onto the

grid on the right and drop it on the required area.

access to the editing functions with icons:

New Keyword Grid

Open a Keyword Grid

Insert a page in the opened grid

Append a page in the end of the opened grid

Rename the opened Keyword grid

Delete a page

Clear a page

Note: If the keyword GRID has been changed in the

width of the window, the above mentioned buttons may

not appear as visible. At this time, the user must select

the drop down arrow on the window to see all icons.

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At any moment, you can

change the layout of

your Keyword grid by

selecting a predefined

layout or a custom one

using the customize

option.

Description: Shows the keyword grid description.

Keyword Numbers: Shows the index number of each

keyword in a grid.

Note: Keyword number allows a fast selection using

the numeric pad of your keyboard, ‘+’ and ‘-‘ keys.

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To add the keyword number 1, press ‘1’ on the numeric

pad then press ‘+’.

To remove a specific keyword, press the keyword’s

number on the numeric pad than press ‘-‘.

A Dictionary allows the user to organize keywords in

a tree structure.

The Dictionary tool allows creating, modifying or

deleting Dictionaries in the IPDirector database.

Note: The Dictionaries are kept in the IPDirector

database which means that you work on shared data.

All updates performed on Dictionaries will be

reverberated on each IPDirector.

New: Opens a dialogue window to define a new

dictionary and optional description

Rename: Allows the renaming of an opened dictionary in

the database

Open: Allows the opening a dictionary

Publish: Allows the publishing of the opened dictionary

to user groups

Delete: Allows the deletion of dictionary in the database

via a confirmation screen

Import: Allows importing of a dictionary from a file

Export: Allows exporting of a dictionary to a file

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On the left side the keyword list display the keywords

that have been entered into the database.

To help in discriminating which words have already been

used on a dictionary, each word already used is

highlighted in yellow text.

The name you gave to your new dictionary take place as

the root of your keywords tree.

Note: To add a keyword to opened dictionary, be

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Select the keyword you want to be the parent keyword of

the one you want to insert.

To insert the keyword, type the word into the edit box

and click "Add" or immediately press "Enter" on the

keyboard.

You can add as many

keywords as you want in any

of the tree branch.

Note: All new keywords added in a dictionary are

automatically inserted in the database and can be used

in Keywords Grids or other Dictionaries.

To add a keyword to opened dictionary, select

the keywords in the keyword list and drag them

onto the dictionary on the keyword you want to

be the parent.

To move keywords from one parent to another, select the

keywords and drag them onto the new parent keyword.

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You can delete keywords from a dictionary using the

contextual menu (right click).

You change a keyword to a participant keyword by

selecting the keywords, right click on the keyword and

select "Define as participant keyword" from the

contextual menu.

You change a participant keyword to a standard keyword

by selecting the keywords, right click on the keyword and

select "Reset participant keyword" from the contextual

menu.

To rename a keyword, right click on the keyword and

select "Rename keyword" from the contextual menu.

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You can show the dictionary description using the View

Menu of the Dictionary tool.

mode, you can drag and drop keywords from one to the

other in any direction.

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Ingest Scheduler allows for clips to be automatically made on any

channel under the control of IP Director at either a time scheduled in

advance or entered manually by the user, this means multiple events

over a period of time can be automatically recorded and protected. A

clip can be created on a channel and assigned a name, level rating and

have metadata associated it, and also be placed into a bin in the

Database Explorer.

Note: The Ingest Scheduler does not start or stop the record channels.

The recording process must have been manually or automatically started

before the scheduled events.

In LSM mode, records are automatically started at boot up. In IPDP spotbox

mode, the parameter ‘Automatically start record’ must have been set ON to

start the recorders when the system boots up. In both modes, it is possible to

manually start or stop recordings.

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Ingest Scheduler can be opened from the Main Tool Bar of IP Director

.

The Scheduler window will appear in an inactive state as no record

channels have been assigned to be used with the application

To activate the window and add the required channel(s) to be controlled

by Ingest Scheduler, select and drag them from the channel explorer

window onto the IP Ingest Scheduler panel. The channel(s) will appear

in the channel area of the window.

Alternatively by right clicking on a recorder in Channel Explorer, a

contextual menu can be selected to open IP Ingest Scheduler with the

selected record channel(s) listed.

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IP Scheduler can be used to schedule as many events as desired by

entering the required parameters into the scheduler window.

In the one shot area of the panel, enter the required date, start time and

stop time or duration in the time area.

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In the Clip area enter any data required to be stored with the clip once

created.

CLIP NAME: enter a name for the clip(s) that will be created

LEVEL: Enter a level rating to be added to an event from no stars to

three stars (***).

KEYWORDS: Choose from any opened keyword grids all the keywords

to be added per event.

BINS: Choose a destination bin from the bin directory tree, this is where

the clips scheduled to be created will be stored.

The Ingest timeline display is a graphical representation of

events scheduled with Ingest Scheduler. It includes not only the

times of scheduled clips but also the status of the channels

controlled.

OFF–LINE: the XT server is not connected.

READY: the channel is ready to create the clip (record is

on)

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REC OFF: the XT is connected but record is OFF.

The clip is scheduled but not yet created :

The clip has been created successfully :

.

An error occurred while creating the clip :

.

The remaining capacity is shown on the right hand side and depicts the

capacity left for recording on the XT channel.

The interface moves to the current time and date position.

The time line moves around a now line that is fixed at

the centre point of the display.

The slider placed on the bottom of the display allows the

movement to any point in time. If the is active the position

will always return to the current time on release

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Fill & Key

Channels of the XT series servers can be ganged

together in a specific style called FILL & KEY. This mode

manages assignments of clips, and forces them to recall

to the appropriate channels, so as to allow the operator

to perform synchronized clip recalls in a Fill & Key

scenario (sometimes called FILL & Matte)

Clip can be defined as Normal, Fill or Key clip when

metadata is assigned to it.

By default the clip type is set to Normal.

Select the Fill button to define the clip as fill clip.

Select the Key button to define the clip as key clip.

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The clip type can be modified after the clip creation. To

edit the metadata of an existing clip, select the clip from

the database explorer, right click on the mouse to show

the contextual menu and select edit.

The Edit Clip window appears offering the ability to

modify the clip type.

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To associate a Key clip to a Fill clip, select the Key clip

required from the database explorer press CTRL+

SHIFT+ DRAG and move the mouse to the Fill clip you

want to associate the selected Key clip to. Release the

mouse to complete the process.

Note: When a clip is eligible to be dropped onto a

clip as a Key association, the mouse cursor will change

to a + indicating its ability to be assigned to the fill clip.

This association can also be done by moving the Fill clip

onto the Key clip.

If the clips are not Key and Fill clips, this operation will

automatically convert them into Key and Fill clips.

It is also possible to drag and drop a normal clip on a fill

clip. The normal clip automatically becomes a key clip.

Note: Key clips and normal clips can not be dragged

onto a key clip. If you drag such clips and drop

them on a fill clip which is already associated

with a key clip, a confirmation message has to be

answered to change the association.

Note: A key clip can not be dragged onto a key clip.

Note: If you drag and drop a key clip onto a fill clip

which is already associated with a key clip, a

confirmation message has to be answered to

change the association.

A key clip can be associated with more than one fill

clips.

Note: A fill clip can not be dragged into a normal or fill

clip. If you drag and drop a fill clip, which is

already associated with a key clip, onto a key

clip, a confirmation message has to be answered

to change the association.

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To delete a link between fill and key clips, select the fill

clip in the Database explorer

Right click on the selected fill clip to display the

contextual menu.

Select ‘Delete Fill and Key link’.

The link is deleted.

To view key and fill associations, change the clip list

view in Database explorer.

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Select the icon in the Database explorer toolbar.

Select ‘Simple List with Thumbnails’ or ‘Multiline List

with Thumbnails’ in the contextual menu.

Select the ‘Fill Key’ button in the Database explorer

toolbar.

Note: the ‘Fill Key’ button is not available with ‘Simple

List’ and ‘Thumbnails View’ options.

Once selected, the column ‘Key thumbnail’ is added in

the Database explorer.

If a Fill clip is associated with a Key clip, the

corresponding key thumbnail is displayed in the Key

thumbnail column. If no key clip is associated, no key

thumbnail is displayed.

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To narrow your search, select the Fill button to view fill

clips only or the Key button to view key clips.

To see both, select the two buttons.

By right clicking the fill clip, you can get more

information on the associated key clip.

Right click the selected fill clip in the Database explorer.

Select ‘View Key Clip’ in the contextual menu.

The corresponding key thumbnail is displayed with

specific information (clip name, clip ID, IN, duration).

Note: A thumbnail for the Key clip will only

appear if the user has manually defined a thumbnail

photo for the original Key clip.

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To browse key and fill clips, assign a channel to

Database Explorer. Choose an available channel from

the channel explorer window and drag it on to the

window area of Database Explorer.

To browse key clips only, select the Key button in the

Database explorer toolbar

The system displays key clips. You can browse the

selected clips directly from the Database explorer by

double clicking a clip.

To browse fill clips only, select the Fill button in the

Database explorer toolbar

The system displays fill clips. You can browse the

selected clips directly from the Database explorer by

double clicking a clip.

To browse fill and key clips only, select both buttons in

the Database explorer toolbar.

Note: If the channel assigned to the database

explorer is a FILL or KEY channel, and you try to preview

an opposite clip (Fill clip on a Key channel), the system

will prompt the user to answer Yes to load the clip onto

the channel, as it is normally desired.

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To associate 2 channels together for use with Key and

Fill operations use the standard command of shift + click

or ctrl + click to select the channels required in Channel

Explorer, then use a right click to see the contextual

menu, and select the Fill Key command from the menu.

The association will be shown in the Channel Explorer

by a on the Fill channel and a on the Key

channel and also will be reflected in the title bar of the

Control panels

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To load key and fill clips on key and fill channels. Drag

and drop the fill clip onto a Fill channel. The associated

key clip will automatically be loaded onto the Key

channel.

If the fill clip has no associated key, the key channel

output is muted to black or white, depending on your

settings.

To set the default colour displayed on the Key channel

when no specific key clip is available, select

‘Tools/Settings’ from the main menu.

Choose the Key Default Output.

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As Key and Fill channels are ganged together, whenever an

operation is done on one of the channels, the same operation

is automatically done on the other ganged channel.

Play back, Jog, LOOP, E/E, etc… functions will command both

channels together.

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TOOLS

The Tools selection from the main Toolbar gives access to User

settings, refresh options and Keyword Management for the IP Director

User logged on.

Settings

A window offering 3 tabs of settings for transport,

clip creation, and Take Effect. Each Tab contains a

description of the settings as shown in the pictures

below.

The settings are applied to all Control Panels on the

Workstation; they are not specific to only panels

currently active.

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Automatic Clip Creation based on Logs allows for a clip to be made

around a captured timecode on a Log Sheet using the parameters

defined in this Settings menu. For more information on the creation of

Automatic clips refer to the "How to Make Automatic Clips Based on a

Logged Event" section in the Database Explorer chapter

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When all settings are complete use the ok button at the

bottom of these screens to confirm them.

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selecting this option and clicking on start refreshes all links for all

logged events and clips present in the IP Director and X-Net networks

LOG SHEET: selecting this option, choosing a Log Sheet from the list

available and clicking on start refreshes any Keywords that should be

associated with a clip within the specified Log Sheet

LOG SHEET: selecting this option, choosing a Log Sheet from the list

available and clicking on start refreshes any clip associations between

logged events and clips within the specified Log Sheet

ASSOCIATE A CLIP TO A LOG SHEET: selecting this option,

choosing a Log Sheet from the list available and then a clip enables an

association to be made if the clip date and timecode properties appear

within the selected Log Sheet.

DELETE A LOGGING PROFILE : selecting this option, choosing a

Logging profile from the list available and clicking on the ‘Delete’ button

deletes the logging profile from the database. Only logging profiles

which are not currently used in a log sheet can be deleted.

This setting enables the creation of thumbnails from a

particular XT when there is an X-file in the X-Net network

set to create thumbnails. Normally this process will

have it’s clips thumbnails recreated, this window allows a

manually initiation of that process.

The ‘recreate’ button will send XML files to the Xfile on the

system.

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This locks the Keyboard from use on the Workstation

and the main Toolbar changes to Red as a warning of

this action, control of the workstation is still possible

with a mouse or touch screen

Allows the currently logged on user to change their

password

Logs off the current user

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The Help menu from the Main Toolbar gives access to version

and License checking features, together with Monitoring

applications for the use of EVS Staff.

The OSD settings refers to the on-screen display when using

the ShuttlePro controller and also gives a message when a clip

has been created.

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SECTION 3:

System

Management

ShuttlePRO consists of two components:

It has a Jog wheel and a Shuttle ring that are

programmable, and fifteen programmable buttons. The

two top rows of buttons on the ShuttlePRO series have

labels inserted for quick reference as to which

functions each button is programmed to perform.

As it is a third party device a detailed User Guide can

be found at:

http://63.111.59.172/downloads/shuttlepro/pcusersguide.pdf

row, with the exception of the side buttons that

A configuration file has been created specifically for

use with IP Director. To load the file, please see the

instructions in the Management Console section of the

Installation chapter.

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When the CDIShuttle.pref file has been loaded using

the Management Console there are shortcuts loaded to

the programmable buttons of the Shuttlepro. There is

different functionality to the controller depending upon

which mode the IP Director is being operated in. There

are buttons on the lower part of the controller that

have a function at either end. Other buttons have

CTRL from the Keyboard as a modifier to change the

button function, in the diagrams below these functions

Details of the functionality of the buttons are included

in the Control Panels section of the manual. The

diagrams below are quick reference guides to the

location of the functions

to the following layout: - buttons 1 to 4 are on the top row, - buttons 5 to 9 are on the second row, - buttons 10 to 11 are on the third row, - buttons 12 to 13 are on the fourth

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row, - button 14

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The Video display allows the user to see a display of

video in a window on the VGA output of an IP Director

Workstation.

Open the Video Display panel by selecting it from the

main title bar of IP Director.

Window Association Zone

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To display video in this window the correct board must

be selected from the menu on the window

Use this menu to select the correct settings for the video

board used in the Workstation, please refer to the Video

board User Manual for information on the required

settings.

To be able to display a channel a physical connection

must be made from the required video source to the input

of the IP Director Workstation video card.

Note: To display video on the VGA uses around

25% of the CPU power of the workstation for a display

size of 384 x 288, more if a larger display is required.

The reactivity of the IP Director interface could be

significantly slower if larger window sizes are used.

To create thumbnails or control the video being

displayed, a video display window must be associated to

a Control Panel or the Database Explorer. Please refer

to the corresponding application sections for more

information

To establish the association of a Control Panel, drag the

association zone of the control panel to the association

zone of the video display panel.

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To establish the association of a Database Explorer

window, drag the association zone of the control panel to

the association zone of the video display panel.

An assigned Video Display Panel will show the location

and name of the channel selected at the foot of the

window.

The video display panel can be automatically link to the

corresponding PGM video channel connected to the input

of the IP Director Workstation video card.

Using the Remote Installer Tool, select the Ip Director

workstation and right click on the IPDirector box and

select Edit Config.

Note: For more information about the Remote

Installer tool, see the IPDirector 3 Technical Reference.

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The IPDirector Configuration window opens:

The Channel Management allows you to link a PGM

channel of one specific XT to one Video Display (Video

Board). To define a link between a PGM and a video

display :

- check the box in the ‘Linked’ column

- select which video display device it is linked to from

the drop down list in the video display column.

The linked box can be checked without being linked to a

Video Display. For example, this is used when an

external monitor is connected at your workstation.

Note: All these parameters are local to the IP

Director workstation and must be set independently on

all IP Director Workstations using the Remote Installer

tool.

When a PGM channel is

linked to an IPDirector,

you can see it on the Title

bar of the video Display

Panel.

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IP Director will always open with the screen layout that

was last used. The Layout menu allows the user to save

and load screen configurations used for the many

different tasks that IP Director can perform.

Open the drop down box by clicking on the layout button

on the main IP Director menu. Use the Save Layout

option and then use normal windows techniques to find

the folder to save the preferred layout to.

Open the drop down box by clicking on the layout button

on the main IP Director menu. Use the Load Layout

option and then use normal windows techniques to find

the folder to load the preferred layout from.

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For each application in the IP Director there are

keyboard shortcuts available to make operation faster to

the Operator. All shortcuts can be redefined to suit

individual preferences. A list of the default shortcuts

applied on system delivery is shown under the heading

for each application.

To open the Define Shortcut window select Tools from

the main menu and Define Shortcut from the drop down

box

The window then opens

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Select the application to define shortcuts in by choosing

a tab. IP Director tab shows all short cuts which are

global to the system and not specific to one application.

Select a shortcut action from the list. It is entered into

the shortcut properties area at the base of the window.

By choosing a keystroke on the keyboard to make the

shortcut available on, it is entered into the keystroke

area at the base of the screen, and the area becomes

green in colour. If it becomes red then the chosen key is

already in use in the application

Select ‘Change’ to confirm the choice of shortcut if the

key is available.

When all changes are complete, click on ‘Apply’ at the

base of the window.

To restore the default values for an application use the

button in the bottom left of the window.

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Ctrl +D1 stands for Ctrl + 1.

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No Keyboard Shortcuts Currently Defined

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SECTION 4:

TROUBLESHOOTING

GUIDE

It means the IP Director has not established the link with

the IP Director database. In the console management

application, in categories/configuration, check

- the name of the database, it must be IpRemote

- the login and password (EVS default is Login : sa,

Password : evs)

- the server name where the database is physically

located

- the Ethernet connection to the database server

Those checks must be done for:

- the SynchroDB service

- IP Director application

- IP Scheduler if in use

If after those checks you still cannot established the link

with the database, check:

- if the SQL server engine is running (check the

icon in the main status bar of Windows XP. It must

appear with a green arrow).

It means your physical connection is not established with

the XT server on the XNet network. At start up, it can

take a few seconds before this status becomes green. If

after one minute, the status is not green:

- check all your physical connections

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physically connected to the COM port defined

on the XT server (in the EVS configuration

menu if you are running slave mode or in the

setup of the EVS remote control device if you

are running LSM mode)

service in the transport tab, the type of the

connection (COM or USB) and the host ID.

The host ID must correspond to the number of

the XT server the IP Director workstation is

connected to.

- check in all routing service applications on all IP

Director workstations connected to on XT server if

the connection is established with the XT server. In

the transport tab, the connection must be started

(green status in front of the COM or USB

connection).

- make sure you do not have 2 IPDP serial connections

to one XT server.

It means the IP Director has not established the link with

the SynchroDB service. This is generally the case when

the IP Director workstation is started.

Wait a few more seconds and if the link is still not

established after 1 minute, please contact EVS.

To see an XT server or an XFILE device in the channel

explorer, this XT must be assigned to be managed by

one SynchroDB service. If managed and connected with

a serial connection to one IP Director workstation, it will

appear with a black font in the channel explorer, if it has

no direct serial connection but is connected via the

XNET network to an XT which has a serial connection to

one IP Director workstation, it will appear grey in the

channel explorer.

Check if

- you have at least one serial connection to the XNet

network

- this connection is started in the routing application.

If the link has not been started in the routing

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application, check

number on the XT server

your IP Director workstation (COM or USB)

on your IP Director workstation.

- one SynchroDB service manages your XT server or

XFile device.

This means that there are no direct serial connections to

that XT server, you cannot control the channels of that

XT server.

If a channel cannot be controlled, check if:

- the control panel interface has not been locked

(check the padlock icon in the control panel

interface)

- the channel has not been locked on another IP

DIRECTOR workstation. Check if there is a red

padlock in front of the name of the channel in the

channel explorer application.

On your XT server, check if your channel can be

controlled by the IP Director workstations. If the channel

has been configured into parallel mode, make sure the IP

Director is the main or the secondary controller.

If the IP Director has been defined as a secondary

controller of the channel in exclusive mode, make sure

the control of the channel has been passed to the IP

Director from the main device (typically an LSM remote

device).

If the IP Director has been defined as primary controller

of the channel in exclusive mode, make sure the control

of the channel has not been passed to the secondary

controller from the IP Director control panel interface

Do not forget that you need a serial link to one XT if you

wish to control its channels. Check if the channel you

would like to control is available in the channel explorer

application.

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This means your channel is in IDLE state. Load a clip or

a clip-list on that channel OR press the E/E button on the

panel.

If an XT Server is configured in XT Server IPDP mode

the recorders are not automatically started. It is then

possible that when you click on E/E the channel displays

a frozen picture (the last one recorded on the

corresponding recorder channel). At this point, you must

open a recorder panel to start the recorder for that

channel.

A channel can be set to IDLE state when operated as a

fill channel when no key element is loaded. In that case,

the output of the channel can be black.

The T/C information is taken from the preview recorder.

‘new log sheet wizard’: Relevant recorders definition.

You must have a serial connection to the XT where this

recorder is located. Otherwise you do not get the

information of this recorder.

1. Date and time must be the same on the XT network

and on the IP Director database workstation.

- check the time and date on your XT server (press

SHIFT-F2 on the XT server keyboard to confirm the

date/time on the Setup Screen in the Information

Window)

- check the time and date on your database system

2. The date associated with a clip is the date when the

clip has been created and not the date corresponding to

the A/V data. If the T/C of a log is equal to 11:00pm,

and if the clip is created after midnight, the date of the

clip and the date of the log will not match and the clip

will not be associated to the log.

- check when the clip has been created (see in the

database explorer, clips, creation date) and compare

that date to the log.

3. Check your clip association rule.

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4. Check in the SynchroDB configuration if the

parameter ‘auto associate clips to logs’ is checked.

5. If after all those checks, your clips still do not

associate with the clips, in the main menu of the IP

Director, select tools/logging association. Force a

manual clip association to your log sheet.

- select the log sheet

- click on START.

(the clips are created on an XT server which has no serial

connection to any ip director workstation)

Check if the ‘Edit clip by network’ parameter is activated

on the corresponding XT server. This allows the IP

Director to edit the clips on the server to be able to

assign keywords to them.

The preview recorder cannot be changed when the first

log has been entered. If you do so, it is possible the

‘protect media associated to logs’ operation fails.

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