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Guide to using Playlist application

Playlist allows you to manage a list— insert, move, or modify events, and to control playout of the list. You can also select the type of display for the asset list– text view, or thumbnail view. The following describes the basic controls.

List in thumbnail mode

Control Description and User Operation

Playlist Timecode

Though each play event contains the timecode information from its source clip, the timecode for the list is generated internally. This timecode can be an offset from a specific timecode (the default is 01:00:00;00).

Section (Text View)

Section (Thumbnail View)

A list has at least one section, but can have up to 100. All events belong to a section, and each section can have up to 1000 events. In Thumbnail View, the section is displayed as a Time Dome which shows the amount of the section that has played. An empty Time Dome indicates the section has not started to play. Sections can be expanded or collapsed to reveal or hide the events that belong to the section. Expanded sections are indicated by a '-' symbol.

Countdown Timecode

Displays the time to the next event, section or end of the list.

Assignable Buttons

Assignable buttons allow you to modify the buttons located in the Playlist toolbar to best suit your workflow. Holding down a button opens the button pop-up menu that lists the alternative button choices.

Event List

The Event List contains play events. Play events are created from clips or programs that can be added to the list in two ways: drag and drop from the Clips pane or using the Insert button in the Clips pane. By default, play events added to a list inherit the source clip’s name, but you can rename events. Play events and sections can be configured to trigger GPI outputs. GPI triggers can be set to occur when the event or section starts, ends, or at these points plus or minus some offset. A GPI trigger does not disrupt playout of the play events that follow it. You can view the Event List in either the text view or thumbnail view. Thumbnail view displays clip thumbnails along with Time Domes for the list play progress, and section play progress. To change the view, select Options in the Playlist menu.

Time Cursor

The time cursor indicates the current play position. The time cursor is displayed over the event currently being played.

Playlist Menu

Insert Event — Opens the Insert Event dialog box, which allows you to insert all event types.

Add Section — Adds a section to the end of the list. Once you add the section, you can move it.

New List — Opens the New List dialog box where you can choose the current bin and specify the new list name before creating it. When a new list is created, the current list is ejected and the new list is created containing one section and no events.

Open List — Closes the current list and allows you to open an existing list.

Eject List — Ejects the current list.

Import List — Imports a text file and saves it in a playlist format.

Rename List — Rename the list currently loaded in Playlist application.

Save As Program – Saves the current list as a program. The new program is listed in the Clips pane with other assets. Programs can be played using the Player application, or inserted in a list in Playlist application.

Set Event In – Used to change the in point of the event. Event In/Out changes do not affect the source clip's mark in and out values, but only the event's marks used by the Playlist.

Set Event Out – Used to change the out point of the event. Event In/Out changes do not affect the source clip's mark in and out values, but only the event's marks used by the Playlist.

Split event — Used to break one event into two events of the same name.

Combine events — Used to combine two events into one in a playlist.

Locate – Locates the list or source clip for an event, depending on the selection, in the Clips pane.

Properties – Opens the properties dialog box for the selected item— list, section, or play event. Properties dialog box includes pages for setting up list timecode, adding metadata, and setting list attributes that will occur when playback reaches the end of the list. Options include repeat, or pause. Section properties and event properties dialog boxes include options for setting the end behavior— repeat or pause, and GPI output properties.

Move Up – Moves the selected event up in the list.

Move Down – Moves the selected event down in the list.

Goto – Opens the Goto pop-up menu which allows you to jump to selection, next event, next section, or a timecode that you specify.

Options – Opens the Options dialog box which allows you to choose the list monitoring information displayed in the Playlist application and the monitor pane.


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