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2. 1114 04 Clipname0123 00 00 29 Unk WOO 10 1125 Clipname 4567 00 53 29 Unk Woo 10 1128 02 Clipname8910 00253229 Unk WOO 10 i Effect duration Fdit all Effect Effect duration edit type edit 9 14 3 PLAYLIST DISPLAY The following information is displayed on the output monitor Plist Duration Playlist 4 gt p 15 Left 00 00 00 00 Countdown Video meet type V Mix 00 00 Spd 100 Playback speed Timecode 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 100 lt Speed 111A 03 1 5 Clip of clip Duration of the current clip Current clip currently shown Min Sec Fr total clips in Playlist amp Clip Countdown 82 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A 9 14 4 9 14 5 DEFAULT DURATION FOR VIDEO AND AUDIO TRANSITION This is possible to set a default value for the duration of the video and audio transitions in the Setup Menu Once this is defined each time a clip is entered or inserted into a playlist transitions are applied with the default values The Vid Effect duration setting is on page 4 1 function key F1 range up to 20 00 secs The Aud Effect duration setting is on page 4 1 function key F2 When the split audio is disabled the value for this setting is Lock to video and the audio effect duration is the same as the video effect duration OVERVIEW OF TRANSITIONS EFFECT TYPES DEFAULT TRANSITION EFFECT A default mix transition effect
3. SPEED The Speed function allows defining the speed at which one or all clips of playlist will be played Select the playback speed of the clip with the lever then press ENTER to validate Values are Unknown and from 0 to 100 Operators have access to the secondary lever control like when clips are replayed While editing the speed of a clip pressing SHIFT the Lever key on the Remote allows to access the secondary lever speed defined in the menu FX DUR The FX Dur function sets the duration of the transition effect The default value that initially appears is determined by the value set in the Setup menu The effect duration will affect the transition at the beginning of the selected clip Use the lever to adjust the value then press ENTER to confirm EFFECT The Effect function SHIFT C key is used to select the type of transition effect Mix Wipe Cut Fade Move the lever to set the type of effect when Effect is highlighted Press ENTER to validate For more information on the effects types refer to the section 9 14 Transition Effects on page 81 DELETE The Delete function allows the operator to quickly edit a playlist by removing the selected clip The clip that has been cut can then be inserted into another location This clip is displayed on the second PRV output To insert it at another position in the playlist simply go to that position using the jog dial and press the Insert key or TAKE 69
4. Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A e When a clip is played it will not stop on the Short OUT point but will continue to play through the Short OUT point by the Post Roll duration defined in the Setup Menu e When a record train is played the same will happen if the Record Train OUTs parameter is set to Freeze in the Setup menu e When a playlist is played the Post Roll will apply only to the last clip of the playlist 6 1 2 OPERATIONAL MENU Ree Cam sync Pry Cam A Cam B CAM A B RSC Cam Sync Prv This parameter allows selecting the camera on the PGM output if PRV CTL is OFF and on PRV output if PRV CTL is ON RST CAM Cam A Cam B This function restores the position of cameras on the active channels CAM A on PGM1 CAM B on PRV 3 Note When a clip playlist is loaded on a channel switching back to Live mode will recall the record train which was last used on that output This avoids too frequent uses of the Rst Cam function SYNC PRV Cam A Cam B This option allows the user to synchronize the PRV with the timecode and speed of the PGM output 25 Issue 10 04 A 6 2 26 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipme
5. 886 62 58 13 16 683 718 Primary Time Code CAI LTC B USER Press Tab to change the focus Press Shift F3 to reset Call Current Primary Time Code ESC CANCEL ENTER YES 3 If you want to modify the LTC timecode and date type in the new timecode for the Short IN point and date of the clip in the Set TC field below the LTC field 4 If you want to modify the user defined timecode and date type in the new timecode for the Short IN point and date of the clip in the Set TC field below the USER field D If you want to modify the primary TC for this clip press the A or B key which corresponds to the requested primary TC 6 Press F2 to select CAM or CLIP mode e In CAM mode only the timecode of the camera angle loaded on the primary channel will be changed e In CLIP mode the timecode of all camera angles of the clip will be changed 7 Press ENTER to confirm or ESC to cancel The entire clip is updated according to the new timecode value so that the timecode remains continuous inside the whole clip n Note In 59 94Hz modes NTSC you can also select between DROP FRAME and NON DROP FRAME modes by pressing the space bar 47 Issue XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual 10 04 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 8 2 23 MOVING AND COPYING CLIPS Copying and moving clips in the VGA are performed using the CUT COPY and PASTE functions GENERAL PRINCIPLES e f the clipboard was fi
6. Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A 8 2 12 CLIP SCREEN STANDARD VIEW LSM Stand Alone TOT 6614 CLEP 83 68 21 REM 63h08m56 Za es BANK gt 1 lt 2 t5 6789P The navigation through the Clip screen and the various functions available on this screen can be performed using the tablet and stylus or the keyboard shortcuts 8 2 13 THE TITLE BAR LSM Stand TOT 414 The Title bar contains the status information CLE 63 68 21 a ee ed za Alone e Name of the server e Total number of clips 1 camera angle counting for 1 clip in this count e Total duration of all clips e Remaining capacity on the server all record trains together 8 2 14 THE FUNCTION BAR Fi NAME F2 CAM F3 CALL F4 PREF FS UTEW FAG PLST The second line displays the available functions Each function can be called by the corresponding F_ key of the keyboard or by clicking with stylus and tablet on the corresponding area on this line F1 NAME This function is used to name a clip For more information on how to name a clip in the VGA refer to the section 8 2 19 How to Name a Clip on page 45 41 Issue 10 04 A XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 F2 CLIP CAM This function toggles between CLIP mode and CAM mode e In CLIP mode actions on a clip will use all available cameras for this clip e In CAM mode actions on a clip will only use th
7. 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 9 Press Enter on the Remote Panel to validate the Replace The material between the IN and OUT points is replaced with the newly created clip The playlist returns to Playlist Edit mode positioned at the end of the inserted clip You can also cancel the Replace by pressing the Menu key on the Remote Panel 9 15 6 LOOP MODE IN THE REPLACE FUNCTION 88 LOOP TYPE When the IN point has been marked the display switches to Cam A ay Ore es a Replace nts LOOp Ext Loop The Int Loop and Ext Loop keys are blinking Before entering the Replace Playback mode the operator has to choose between Internal Loop and External Loop The Internal Loop is the same loop as the existing loop process The External Loop allows you to select on which channel you will physically re record the output of your PGM The link is physical it is necessary to make the video link manually with a router or video audio cables it is not done inside the server ADDITIONAL LOOP PARAMETERS Additional parameters are available for the external loop e With the Cam A function SHIFT C you can select the camera the PGM will be recorded to for the external LOOP process Press SHIFT C until the desired camera is selected e With the 0field function SHIFT D you can select by how much the video coming back to your record c
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9. 2 Browse the record train to reach the desired Short IN or Short OUT point and press ALT ALT O to mark the Short IN Short OUT point on the current picture The cursor is automatically placed in the adjacent field so that the operator can manually enter the timecode of the desired Short IN OUT point if needed Press ENTER to confirm or ESC to cancel 3 Repeat this operation for the complementary Short IN Short OUT point This is not mandatory If only a Short IN or a Short OUT point is marked the Default Clip Duration defined in the Setup menu p 2 2 F2 will be used to define the missing point 1 If the operator knows the timecode of the IN OUT point he does not need to browse to that picture He can press ALT I on any picture then enter the timecode of the IN OUT point and confirm with ENTER 53 Issue 10 04 A XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 4 Press ALT S to save the clip The Save as window opens giving the operator the opportunity to name rename the clip if needed Pressing ENTER will save the clip to the current cursor location in the lower section of the VDR Panel When the Save as window is open the operator still has the possibility to browse the database select a different page and bank and even connect to another EVS server on the network using the CONNECT window Pressing ALT U will save the clip to the first available clip location
10. 2 5 TRANSPORT CONTROLS 2 5 1 JOG DIAL The JOG DIAL allows the operator to pass into Search mode and thus to choose exactly the Short OUT or Short IN image Move the jog dial clockwise to search forward and move it counter clockwise to search backwards One revolution of the jog dial will produce a jump of approximately 35 frames This number can be multiplied by enabling the Fast mode The multiplication factor is defined in the Setup menu Y Note The jog dial is also used to do the following e Set parameters in the Setup menu Refer to the Setup menu section for more information e Browse inside the clips database the cue points or the current playlist Refer to the explanation of the BROWSE function for more details The jog dial is active at all times when the system is in Play and Record modes 2 5 2 LEVER The LEVER is used to start a play or to modify slow motion speed Its travel can be of two different types regarding the lever mode In this mode the lever travel goes from 0 up to 100 Different ranges are available to play material from 400 to 400 see Setup menu page 6 1 F5 for selection To gain access to this second speed range press SHIFT the Lever key from the remote controller Y Note When SD SUPER MOTION material is loaded on the primary channel the lever range as a larger flat step at 33 With HD SUPER MOTION the step is at 33 or 50 depending on the camera The lever is also used
11. F4 PLAY This function initiates a forward motion It can also be used to start playback of playlists and clips refer to PLST command When Pgm Spd Var Max is OFF and when you press the PLAY key the default playback speed is 100 for standard pictures 33 for Super Motion pictures with a Triple Speed camera SD and 50 for Super Motion pictures with a Double Speed camera HD When Pgm Spd Var Max is ON the value defined in the Setup for this parameter is used 11 Issue XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual 10 04 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 4 1 5 IN This function defines the IN point of a clip The key will light differently depending in the following situations Green key The key lights green if an IN point exists but is not the image you see Red key The key lights red if the on air image is at this IN point This point can be entered while recording Flashing In Split Audio mode this key can be flashing green or flashing green or red red Refer to the section Error Reference source not found key Error Reference source not found on page Erreur Signet non d fini for more details 41 6 OUT This function defines the OUT point of a clip This operates similarly to the IN button 3 Note The OUT point field is always excluded When playing a clip it will freeze on the field preceding the OUT point marked by the operator MODIFICATION OF CLIP IN OUT POINTS Select
12. Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 BROWSE When a clip ts loaded on the primary channel pressing the Browse key allows the operator to browse inside all local clips of the database by turning the jog dial When a cue point exists for the current picture on the primary channel the CUE button lights red pressing the Browse key allows the operator to browse through all existing cue points by turning the jog dial When the current picture on the primary channel is neither a clip nor a cue point or if the operator is in Playlist mode pressing the Browse key allows him to browse inside the clips of the current playlist by turning the jog dial INSERT This function inserts a clip before or after depending on the Setup menu the Current position inside the playlist ENTER This function appends clip s at the end of the current playlist This is also used to confirm saving of clips and validate various options and messages MENU This function allows the operator to gain access to the secondary menu SHIFT MENU on the Remote gains access to the Main menu Also used as an ESCAPE key to cancel some options and messages CLEAR This function clears the IN OUT playlist CLIPS CUE points Note e To clear one CUE point recall the desired cue point and press CLEAR Mark keys e To clear all cues when current picture is not a CUE point press CLEAR Mark keys A message appears to confirm th
13. To move a playlist element within a playlist using the Remote Panel proceed as follows 1 While you are in Playlist Edit mode scroll within the playlist to the clip that needs to be moved 2 Select Delete from the Playlist Edit menu The clip is sent to the clipboard and loaded on the PRV channel 3 Scroll to the location in the playlist where you want to insert the clip Remember that the position where the clip is inserted will depend on the value of the setting Insert in Playlist on P4 1 F5 that is to say before or after the selected playlist element 4 Press TAKE or INSERT on the Remote Panel to insert the clip from the clipboard at the requested location The playlist element is inserted at the requested location If the playlist element has been trimmed before being moved the element will be reinserted in the new position with the new guardbands HOW TO CHANGE THE CAMERA ANGLE OF A PLAYLIST ELEMENT You can change the camera angle of a playlist element if the material is still available in a local or distant record train To change the camera angle of a playlist element proceed as follows il When you are in Playlist Edit mode scroll within the playlist to the playlist element for which you want to modify the camera angle 2 Press MENU to access the secondary menu Coo o oem keslacss J OOOO OO 3 Press SHIFT C to search and load the local and distant record trains that include the same TC IN as the
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15. and bank MN Important The AUTO SAVE process automatically saves clips and playlists at least every minute Exiting the software ALT Q or doing Save Clips Plst from the main menu will also save the clips and playlists XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A 8 2 3 RECALLING A CLIP HOW TO RECALL A CLIP To recall a clip proceed as follows ie select the Clip page 1 2 3 to 10 Page key 2 Select the bank in which the desired clip is located Fl F9 3 Select the desired clip via the F1 F10 keys CLIP RECALLED BASED ON THE PREF SETTING lf Pref is ON the preferred camera angle of the clip will appear on the primary channel the secondary camera angle on the next controlled channel Example If the preferred camera angle for clip 124 is camera B when loading the clip 124B is loaded on the primary channel whatever the camera present on that channel before loading the clip lf Pref is OFF when recalling the clip the camera angle will be the same as the one who was already present on each controlled channel If that camera angle does not exist the first available camera angle of the clip will be used Example If camera B is the current camera on the primary channel when calling clip 124 it is 124B that appears on the primary channel even if it is not the preferred camera angle When the operator is controlling only one channel such
16. clips before they go on air The clip that will be skipped is the one displayed on the PRV screen This function does not remove the clip from the playlist but it simply allows it to be skipped during playback EDIT Selecting the Edit function gets the user back to the Playlist Edit mode OVERVIEW OF EDITING FUNCTIONS IN PLAYLIST EDIT MODE MAIN MENU IN PLAYLIST EDIT MODE ON THE NANO REMOTE INTRODUCTION The main menu in the Playlist Edit mode is available when you select the location of the requested playlist and press PLST on the Remote Panel In the Playlist Edit mode the first frame of the playlist element loaded highlighted on the Remote Panel LCD display can be seen on the PGM To change any of the options on a clip simply browse to the requested clip then select a function from the menu displayed above and use the control lever to adjust to the desired value when applicable EDIT ALL If you want to edit all clips of the playlist at the same time select Edit All SHIFT D before you perform the requested editing action with one of the following playlist commands Speed Effect FX Dur INSERT The Insert function allows the operator to insert a clip into the playlist The same operation can be achieved using the TAKE key See also the section 9 10 3 How to Insert Clips into a Playlist on page 71 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A
17. desired name on the keyboard It appears in the NAME field at the bottom of the screen Use BACKSPACE to delete the last character or ESC to clear the entire field Press F1 to assign the new name to the current playlist The playlist name will appear in the title bar next to the playlist number 63 Issue 10 04 A 9 6 2 9 6 3 64 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 HOW TO NAME THE CURRENT PLAYLIST ON THE VGA PLAYLIST SCREEN To name the current playlist from the VGA Playlist screen proceed as follows 1 Press the F10 key on the keyboard to open the VGA Playlist screen The current playlist is displayed 2 Type the desired name on the keyboard It appears in the NAME field at the bottom of the screen Use BACKSPACE to delete the last character or ESC to clear the entire field 3 Press SHIFT F1 to assign the new name to the current playlist The playlist name will appear in the title bar next to the playlist number HOW TO NAME THE CURRENT ELEMENT IN THE LOADED PLAYLIST Y Note Naming the current element of the loaded playlist will affect the original clip This function is only available when the playlist is active in Playlist Edit mode PLST EDIT or Playlist Playout mode PLST DIFF on the EVS Remote Panel To name the current element in the loaded playlist from the VGA Playlist screen proceed as follows 1 Press the F10 key on the keyboard to
18. in the current server EDITING A CLIP WITH THE VDR PANEL PLAYER After loading the desired clip the following functions are available Command Description ALT N Renames the clip Type the desired name and press ENTER to confirm or ESC to cancel ALT 1 ALT O Marks a new Short IN Short OUT point on the current picture The cursor is automatically placed in the adjacent field so that the operator can manually enter the timecode of the desired Short IN Short OUT point if needed Press ENTER to confirm or ESC to cancel How TO MAKE A COPY OF A CLIP WITH THE VDR PANEL PLAYER 1 Load the original clip 2 Press ALT S to save the current clip to another location This will create a copy of the clip The operator has the opportunity to rename the clip during this operation He can then save the clip to the current cursor location by pressing ENTER or to the first available clip location on the current server by pressing ALT U ys Note The Cut Copy Paste functions are available at any time to move and copy clips in the lower section of the VDR Panel even when one of the upper windows Is active 1 The first available clip location is the first one where no camera angle is already present 04 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A 8 3 4 VDR PANEL RECORDER WINDOW Time code of the current Remaining capacity of the current record record channel
19. is set to Yes in the setup menu p 3 1 F2 a confirmation is required to delete the selected clip s 49 Issue 10 04 A XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 8 2 24 CLIP SCREEN EXTENDED VIEW 50 The extended view shows cameras A to F instead of A to D Only 1 bank can be viewed at a time The switch between standard and extended view is done by pressing F5 on the keyboard or by clicking on the F5 VIEW area on the screen LSM Stand Alone TOT 6614 CLP 83 68 21 REM 63hH8m56 Ba MODE CLIP XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A 8 3 USING THE VDR PANEL The VGA VDR Panel is accessed from any VGA screen by pressing SHIFT F9 on the keyboard The lower section of the VDR Panel is similar to the clip screen with the same functions The upper section of the VDR Panel features 2 windows that can each take control of one channel of the server Pressing SHIFT F9 in the VDR Panel returns the VGA to the Clip screen mode CLIP Oe ETET chee REL A3 Re TOT 0110 bes ALCS REM 02h56m46 Zi EW FeE KWl Fr Kul2 FS CONNCT F10 PLST eom 18 arate lt CMange GM1 change Rites CAP MARK iN WUT CLIP AME BE E F e gt i Loor far A amp EcOEF NEW jc IN BAUE AS IN4 44 lt gt P gt POUT GoTO AVE AS MODE CLIP CLIPBOARD 112 eee CTLAX CU CTL C COPY PAG
20. numbering system As an example clip number 112 is used Clips Page 1 to 10 selected with the PAGE key PAGE PAGE2 PAGES sri PAGE 10 1 through 9 SHIFT F1 to 9 F3 F4 FS F7 F8 F10 GB0000000 E SHIFT Playlists 1 through 10 Clip Number 4 through 10 Fl F2 F3 F4 FS F6 F FSB FY FIO KA KA KA EA A 25 555 19 Issue 10 04 A 9 1 9 2 9 3 20 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 5 Control Mode Multicam can be set in three different basic modes depending on commands used LIVE E2E MODE This mode selected at start up can also be selected by pushing the RECORD key Multicam records the input signal and plays it at the same time on the program output SEARCH MODE This mode is selected by moving the jog dial In this mode the operator has the opportunity to search for an image in order to define cue points or clips Moving the command knob clockwise will force Multicam to search forward moving the command knob counter clockwise will force it to search backwards The most important thing to note is that Multicam never stops recording while searching PLAYBACK MODE Moving the lever or pressing the PLAY key selects this last mode Multicam plays the incoming signal delayed a clip or a playlist in slow motion and of course continues to record the incoming signal on disks As soon as the lever is moved Multicam st
21. open the VGA Playlist screen The loaded playlist is displayed and the current playlist element on the Remote Panel is selected 2 Type the desired name for the element on the keyboard It appears in the NAME field at the bottom of the screen Use BACKSPACE to delete the last character or ESC to clear the entire field 3 Press F1 to assign the new name to the current element The name for the current element will appear in the Name column of the selected element XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A 9 7 9 7 1 9 7 2 9 7 3 BROWSING WITHIN A PLAYLIST POSSIBLE BROWSING METHODS You can browse within a playlist in different ways e Browse quickly by jumping to the first field of each clip in the playlist For more information see the section 9 7 3 Browsing Quickly Through a Playlist on page 65 e Browse through the content of each clip in the playlist For more information see the section 9 7 2 Browsing Through a Playlist on page 65 BROWSING THROUGH A PLAYLIST When you load a playlist the default playlist mode allows you to scroll up and down through all the playlist elements BROWSING QUICKLY THROUGH A PLAYLIST When you are neither in playlist nor in clip mode pressing the Browse key on the Remote Panel automatically enters the current playlist in Browse mode In this mode you can quickly jump to the first field of each
22. or only the video track is looped and the system keeps recording the live audio at the same time HOW TO LOOP BACK A PLAYLIST INTO THE SERVER To consolidate a playlist using the internal loop mode proceed as follows 1 Add the requested effects to the playlist 2 Recue the playlist 3 Activate the LOOP mode via the SHIFT Loop key 4 Roll the playlist The playlist will be recorded onto the disks Channel 1 CAM A as a continuous video audio stream When you exit the playlist mode go back to LIVE record and simply jog back you will see the playlist recorded with all its transitions and at the speed they were played GENERATING A CONTINUOUS TIMECODE IN A PLAYLIST OVERVIEW You can regenerate a continuous timecode for the whole playlist or for each clip of a playlist This can be useful when e you do not want to have a playlist with disrupted timecodes from the various playlist elements e you want to change the timecode type in the VITC or LTC timecode XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A PROCEDURE To regenerate the timecode in a given playlist perform the following actions 1 Activate the TC Regeneration and define the related settings on the Playlist page F10 in the blue highlighted area at the bottom of the page This feature is defined for each playlist individually Regeneration of TC Off continuous in PLST from 86 66 668 66 in HAHC U
23. the clip that you wish to modify use the jog dial to position the material at the new IN or OUT point and re mark the IN or OUT point s as required AN Important When IN OUT points are set and a clip is saved the system automatically write protects a user definable length of material before and after the IN OUT points respectively These are referred to as the guardbands Their duration can be set in the Setup menu under Guardbands page 2 F2 as required The duration of the guardband after the OUT point can be reduced according to the quantity of video audio material available when saving the clip 4 1 7 JOG KNOB This function is used to accurately cue material 12 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A 4 1 8 4 1 9 4 1 10 FAST JOG When selected this option enables fast picture search the actual speed of this fast jog is adjustable in the Setup menu Starting a play or returning to E2E mode resets the Fast Jog mode AN Important The jog dial is active at all times when the system is in play and record The brake is automatically turned on when starting a playback with the PLAY key or with the lever or when returning to E2E mode with the RECORD button LEVER This function is used to perform slow motion from 0 to 100 and to playback material from 100 to 100 or from 200 to 200 when Secondary Lever range is selected The lever h
24. to adjust speed effects type and duration in Playlist Edit mode XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A 3 Main Menu After the boot sequence of the Multicam system the LCD screen of the Remote Control panel will display the Main menu 2 Ree 2 Play er On Oey sae BA 1 Remote F6 Exit F2 2 Remote Eeee lear al ECIS Hoe EO a okOp Record BA A E s e e a a OAOE Ld a _ iromPry _2rgm_ __ The Main menu has special function key operations as shown above as well as the soft keys options to enter 1Pgm Prv 1 Pgm or 2 Pgm modes if available and to enter the Setup menu to configure your remote controller or to add special functions to your application 3 Note If 2 channels are available for the first Remote the B key will display 2 Pgm How TO RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU From any section of the application except Playlist mode press SHIFT MENU on the first Remote Control panel to return to the Main menu FUNCTION KEYS IN THE MAIN MENU Select the corresponding Function key F_ key and then press ENTER to validate the selection Function Key Use F1 to F4 If desired the Multicam system can be run using 1 or 2 EVS Remote Panels Depending on the number of play channels available in the current configuration 1 or 2 Remote modes will be available from the Main menu F1 1 Remote One Remote Panel is used in the configuration F
25. trains are loaded on the PRV channel at the current TC of the loaded element The jog is used to shift from one record train to the other Once the requested record train is displayed on the PRV channel pressing ENTER replaces the current playlist element by the one created from the selected angle See also the section 9 10 7 How to Change the Camera Angle of a Playlist Element on page 73 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A 9 10 9 10 1 9 10 2 9 10 3 ADDING amp REPLACING CLIPS IN A PLAYLIST POSSIBLE METHODS FOR ADDING CLIPS You can add clips to a playlist in different ways e Adding clips at the end of the current playlist without entering the Playlist Edit mode See the section 9 10 2 How to Quickly Add Clips to the Current Playlist on page 1 e Inserting clips before or after the clip selected in the loaded playlist See the section 9 10 3 How to Insert Clips into a Playlist on page 71 HOW TO QUICKLY ADD CLIPS TO THE CURRENT PLAYLIST You can create a playlist very quickly The experienced operator can include a clip at the end of the playlist containing an action that happened seconds before the playlist is played on air To add clips quickly at the end of the current playlist you do not have to enter the Edit mode To add clips to the current playlist proceed as follows 1 Activate a playlist as the current play
26. 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A 9 15 9 15 1 9 15 2 The following effect types are available e C Cut e W Wipe e lt Fade from color e M Mix e gt Fade to color e V Fade to from color 4 To modify the default duration for the transition effect press FX Dur C and move the lever until the requested duration is displayed in the last field of the corresponding element 111A 04 Clipname0123 00 00 29 Unk w00 20 5 Press ENTER to validate the modifications in effect type and or duration REPLACE FUNCTION INTRODUCTION The purpose of the Replace function is to automate a routine used by operators to create effects in a playlist the operator would loop a section or an entire playlist back to themselves and during the playback add some effects externally graphic insertion for instance or internally changing the speed The operator would then edit the original playlist to insert the desired section into the original playlist That section would need to be inserted in the playlist by matching the IN OUT frames on the original playlist to the new clip created with the re recorded material The Replace function automates this process Y Note The Replace function is not allowed on playlists containing growing clips ENTERING THE REPLACE FUNCTION A secondary menu with the Replace function has been added to the Playlist Edit mode Pressing Menu in Playlist Edit mo
27. 2 2 Remotes Two Remote Panels are used in the configuration Issue 10 04 A 10 Function Key F3 3 Remotes F4 4 Remotes F5 Char On Off F6 Exit F7 Clear all clips F8 Stop Record F9 Fill playlist MN Important XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 Use N A N A Enables or disables the on screen display Timecode Clip ID on the output monitors Exits the Multicam software and returns to the EVS Menu Clears all clips All clips will be lost A confirmation of this command is required For more information to this action refer to the section 0 How to Clear All Unprotected Clips on page 36 Note This command is not similar to the Clear Video Disks from the Maintenance menu If you wish to refresh completely the server that is to clear all clips including the protected ones you need to use Clear Video Disks rather than Clear all Clips Stops the record The REC key will go off and the F8 function key is now used to restart the record Dump feature which allows all clips to be dumped at the end of the current playlist This allows the operator to save all material to tape as a backup feature after a show is complete You can select in the Setup menu which camera angles have to be included in the Fill Play List function Make sure the playlist you have selected is an empty one This function will append the clips at the end of
28. 3 Search for the desired Short OUT point and then press the OUT key to mark it A clip can be created with only IN point or only OUT point The system will automatically define the clip duration according to the default duration defined in the Setup menu Y Note You can mark an IN or OUT point on a paused record train and go back to live without losing the point marked by pressing SHIFT Return 31 Issue 10 04 A 8 2 2 32 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 STORING A CLIP HOW TO STORE A CLIP To store a clip on a given location proceed as follows 1 Define a clip by marking the IN and or OUT points 2 Select the page where the clip will be stored by pressing SHIFT PAGE F_ key corresponding to the page Page 1 contains clips 110 to 199 Page 2 contains clip 210 to 299 and so On 9 Select the bank where the clip will be stored by pressing SHIFT F_ key corresponding to the bank 4 Select the location of the clip to store by pressing the corresponding F_ key The clip is created on the specified location The primary timecode of the clip is the primary timecode defined on the train where and when the clip has been created EXAMPLE To create the clip on the position n 212 page 2 bank 1 clip location 2 j Press SHIFT PAGE F2 to select page 2 2 Press SHIFT F1 to select bank n 1 on Press F2 to select location n 2 on the selected page
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32. CamA 18 yards L REC ON CAP List of available MARK IN record channels green and channels CLIP NAME ABCDEF used for clips creation red NEW TC IN SAUE S The VDR Panel Recorder can be used to start stop the record and to create clips from the local record trains For example it allows the creation of clips on a server that has no Play channel HOW TO START STOP THE RECORD Press ALT R to start or stop the record on the record channel assigned to the window No confirmation is required AN Important In Sportlight mode all recorders will be stopped at once to keep the synchronization between all record channels CREATING CLIPS WITH THE VDR PANEL RECORDER 1 Press ALT ALT O to mark a Short IN Short OUT point on the last recorded picture The timecode appears in the adjacent field and the cursor is automatically placed on that field to allow the operator to edit the timecode of the Short IN Short OUT point if desired Press ENTER to confirm or ESC to cancel 2 Repeat this operation for the complementary Short IN OUT point This is not mandatory If only a Short IN or a Short OUT point is marked the Default Clip Duration defined in the Setup p 2 2 F2 will be used to define the missing point 3 Select from which record train s the clip s must be created press ALT the letter A B C D E F of a record train to select de select it Letters highlighted in RED means that a clip will be created
33. Clip screen move the cursor to the desired camera 2 Press F4 on the keyboard or click with the stylus on the corresponding area in the Function bar This camera becomes the new primary camera lf the selected camera is a secondary camera indicated by it becomes the primary camera and the previous primary camera becomes the secondary camera RECALLING A CLIP To call a clip proceed as follows 1 Type either the 3 or 4 digits of the ID Ex 111 or 111A The entry appears in the Name field 2 Press F3 o If only 3 digits are entered the primary camera is selected o If 4 digits are entered the clip is selected according to the given camera angle o If noclip matches the entry no selection is done 3 Note ESC key can still be used at any time to clear the Name field How TO RESTRIPE THE TIMECODE OF THE CURRENT CLIP To restripe the timecode of the current clip proceed as follows 1 Recall the clip by moving the cursor on the desired clip and pressing ENTER or by clicking on it with the stylus 2 Press ALT T on the keyboard to call the SET TC function The Set Timecode screen is displayed without TC Type field with PAL refer to note below XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A SET TIME CODE AND DATE dd mm yy Clip 112 AB LIC 87 69 36 8067 16 6316 Set TC 67 09 38 8087 16783 1848 USER 66 62 56 13 1670371 Set TC
34. E A CLIP It is possible to copy or move a clip on the same server Growing clips can also be copied and moved To copy or move a clip from the Remote Panel proceed as follows 1 Select the original clip 2 Select an empty location on the same EVS server 3 A new menu appears on the LCD display of the Remote Panel with the corresponding message on the OSD of the output monitors 4 Select the COPY or MOVE function by pressing the A or B key The corresponding function will be highlighted on the LCD and the message on the OSD will be updated accordingly Ds Select the CLIP or CAM mode with the D key See Section Settings on Copy Move Clips below 6 Press ENTER to confirm or MENU to cancel 37 Issue 10 04 A 8 2 8 8 2 9 38 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 HOW TO SHORTEN A CLIP To shorten a clip proceed as follows Li Recall the desired clip by pressing the corresponding F_ key 2 Move the jog dial to browse the clip and reach to the desired Short IN point 3 Press the IN key to mark a new Short IN point The new Short IN point is instantly saved 4 Move the jog dial to reach the desired Short OUT point 5 Press the OUT key to mark a new Short OUT point The new Short OUT point is instantly saved Move the lever or press the PLAY key to play the clip The replay will stop at the new Short OUT point or after the Short OUT point if the
35. ES IS 2 3 45 e SE BANK gt 1 lt 2 8 3 1 8 3 2 VDR PANEL LOWER SECTION The browsing of clips the viewing modes normal or extended the way clips are recalled moved and copied etc in the VDR Panel is strictly the same as in the Clip screen The CONNECT window is called with F9 and allows to connect to other servers on the network VDR PANEL UPPER SECTION The two windows of the upper section can be assigned to a different channel of the server When entering the VDR Panel for the first time after starting the application the control of both windows is disabled Press CTRL F1 to gain control of the left window or CTRL F2 to gain control on the right window The frame around the corresponding window becomes green Note that only one window can be active at a time Inside the active window letters numbers highlighted in green indicate the keyboard shortcut to the corresponding function press ALT the highlighted letter number All functions are also available by clicking with the stylus 51 Issue 10 04 A 8 3 3 52 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 JA Important The control of a channel from the VDR Panel is concurrent to any other controller that might be assigned to that channel EVS Remote Panel or external protocol A command sent from the VDR Panel to a channel will overwrite whatever the channel was doing at that time The name of
36. F F7 F8 F FIO JJSBEESSSebeee MENU SHIFT CLEAR ENTER XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 Note Issue 10 04 A The operational buttons have PRIMARY and SECONDARY functions and are divided into upper and lower sections By pressing the SHIFT button you gain access to the secondary functions F keys and small buttons Soft keys Lever Jog dial Multi purpose keys With LCD display allow the operator to enter the Multicam MENU system Initiates slow motion and playlist replay Used to accurately cue disk recorder Operational block 1 PLST Loop Browse Insert IN Goto IN OUT Goto OUT TAKE Lever Initiates active playlist This option records the main output PGM1 to the first input CAM A of Multicam Used to browse through clips playlists cue points Used in playlist management to insert clips into a playlist Sets Mark IN at the current position Goes to the defined Mark IN Sets Mark OUT at the current position Goes to the defined Mark OUT In PGM PRV mode pressing this button swaps cameras on PGM and PRV monitors In Multi PGM mode pressing this button toggles between CAM selection and PGM selection modes In 2 PGM mode when both PGMs are selected on the Remote Panel pressing this button swaps the content loaded on PGM1 with the one loaded on PGM2 and vice versa In Playlist Edit mode pressin
37. ITG 2 Activate the internal loop using the SHIFT Loop keys 3 Roll the playlist This will record the playlist back into the recorder channel 1 CAM A with the regenerated timecode How TO ACTIVATE THE CONTINUOUS TIMECODE REGENE RATION To activate the continuous timecode regeneration proceed as follows 1 In the Playlist page F10 press the TAB key several times until the OFF field after Regeneration of TC is green highlighted 2 Press the right arrow key to toggle the function to ON The continuous timecode regeneration function is now active However the timecode will effectively be regenerated when you replay the playlist after activating a loop To deactivate the function press the left arrow on the field to toggle the function to OFF SETTINGS FOR CONTINUOUS TIMECODE IN PLAYLISTS The following table describes the various parameters that should be defined when regenerating the timecode in a playlist Parameter Description Possible Values Continuous in Specifies whether the timecode PLST CLIP should be continuous for the whole playlist or for each playlist element From Specifies the initial TC value to be Timecode LTC TC used for the timecode regeneration User TC In Specifies the TC type in which the LTC or VITC in SD timecode should be regenerated HANC VITC HANC LTC or both 19 Issue XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual 10 04 A EVS Broadcast Equi
38. Issue 10 04 A XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 9 9 2 SECONDARY MENU IN PLAYLIST EDIT MODE 70 INTRODUCTION You can access the secondary menu of the Playlist Edit mode pressing MENU on the Remote Panel when you are in the main menu of the Playlist Edit mode REPLACE The Replace function makes it possible to replace a portion of a playlist by the same A V material to which effects have been added externally or internally This consolidates the effects within the playlist For more information refer to the section 9 15 Replace Function on page 85 UNDO AND REDO The last modifications of a playlist can be undone redone for as long as the operator does not exit the playlist mode for example by returning to live mode Pressing the Undo command D key will undo the last modification Up to 9 modifications can be undone Once a modification has been undone it is possible to redo it by pressing the Redo key C key REPLACE Please refer to the 9 15 Replace Function chapter for detailed information about this function OTHERANG The OtherAng Other Angle function SHIFT C key allows the operator to replace the current playlist element by another playlist element showing a different angle of the recorded material When the OtherAng option is selected Multicam loads the local and network trains that include the TC IN of the playlist element to replace The
39. NK 1 SHIFT F2 BANK 2 etc up to bank 9 Once in the bank selection of the F1 F10 keys will call up the respective clips If Recall Clip Toggle is enabled in the Setup menu pressing several times on the same F_ key will call successively all camera angles of that clip The clip numbering system is as follows Example Clip 547 where e 5 refers to the clip page number 1 to 10 e 4 refers to the clip bank 1 to 9 e 7 refers to the clip number 1 to 10 inside the bank SHIFT F10 playlist BANK This combination of keys gives access to the playlists banks Within each clip page there are 10 playlists Selecting F1 F10 at this point calls up the corresponding playlist Example Playlist 51 where e 5 refers to the clip page e 1 refers to the playlist number 1 to 10 Y Note The playlist bank of page 10 is not available from the EVS remote since it is actually reserved for the EVS AVSP protocol XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A 4 3 CLIP NUMBERING HIERARCHY Multicam can store up to 900 multiplied by the number of cameras clips and 100 playlists in its libraries 900 clips with up to 6 camera angles per clip result in 5400 clips on a server This number is displayed in the upper right window of the VGA Setup screen SHIFT F2 from the PC keyboard The following diagram represents the hierarchy of the Multicam clip
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41. Post Roll mode is enabled Goto IN and Goto OUT You can use Goto IN and Goto OUT functions to jump immediately onto Short IN or Short OUT points respectively SECONDARY MENU IN CLIP MODE OVERVIEW In Clip mode the secondary menu of the Remote Panel is different from the Record Train mode PGM1 112A Papa lle deals An Gane POSERO _ gt Peer e Di Ls lt HSG Cam A Cam B Chia ne Press MENU to access the secondary menu the LCD display will be Push PostRoll gt Archive Cam XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A In the secondary menu clips can still be directly recalled using the F1 F10 keys of the Remote Panel The ID of the current clip appears on the end of line 3 of the LCD display PUSH ee Introduction The Push function allows you to easily send a copy of a clip to another machine on the network Principle e f one or two default targets push machines are defined in the setup the clip will be automatically sent to these machines e f no default target is defined the list of machines available on the network will appear As soon as the operator selects one of them the clip is pushed For more information about the Push settings refer to the Remote Panel setup page 3 3 In both cases a message appears for a few seconds on the LCD to confir
42. RL C on the keyboard or click on the corresponding area on the screen The clip is copied to the clipboard 48 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A CTL V PASTE LONG Copy With the Long copy the entire original clip is copied including its guardbands to the destination 1 Move the cursor to the clip playlist location where the content of the clipboard should be copied 2 Press CTRL V or click to the corresponding area on the screen CTL SHIFT V PASTE SHORT Copy With the Short copy the material between the Short IN and Short OUT points of the original clip augmented by the duration of the default guardbands This allows Saving space on the EVS server 1 Move the cursor to the clip playlist location where the content of the clipboard should be copied 2 Press CTRL SHIFT V The clip in the clipboard is copied to the selected location in Short mode CTL DEL DELETE 1 Move the cursor to the clip playlist to delete 2 Press CTRL DEL or click on the corresponding area on the clip screen In CAM mode only the camera selected is deleted In CLIP mode all cameras of the clip are deleted AN Important A clip playlist cannot be deleted while it is on air 3 Note e When a clip is deleted all playlists are scanned and that clip is removed from all of them e When a clip is protected or when the Confirm Delete Clip
43. Reboot In the event that the system needs to be rebooted the process can be accomplished from the Remote Panel Keep in mind that doing this while Multicam is running will of course force the Multicam application to close abruptly and up to 1 minute of the material being recorded and not clipped could be lost To reboot press the following key sequence NIN Network Goto TC Fast Jog PLAY Between step 3 and step 4 the RECORD button will flash GREEN and the Page button will flash RED Hitting the Page button will reboot the system Hitting the RECORD button will return to normal operation Soft Reboot from the keyboard It is also possible to run a soft reboot which will exit the software and return the user to the EVS Menu Here the software can be selected and entered again without having to reboot the entire system When running the following procedure the system will automatically save all recorded material record trains clips and playlists upon exit Hit ALT Q on the keyboard or press F6 from the Main Menu and confirm with ENTER or cancel with ESC You will exit the Multicam software and go back to the EVS Menu 17 Issue 10 04 A 4 2 18 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 SELECTION OF CLIP BANKS AND PLAYLISTS SHIFT F1 F9 CLIPS BANK This allows access to clip banks 1 through 9 within the clip page 1 to 10 SHIFT F1 BA
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45. Same machine It also means that deleted copies of clips will not increase the available capacity of the server as long as 1 instance of the clip remains PRINCIPLES ABOUT MOVING CLIPS When moving a clip using the Move function the reference to this clip in playlists will automatically be updated This is very useful when an operator wishes to re Organize his clips across different pages and banks since playlists will not be affected If s he copies the clips and then deletes the originals instead of using the Move function the reference to the original clips will be removed from the playlists when deleting these clips XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A SETTINGS ON CoPY MOVE CLIPS When you copy move a clip two settings are available to specify how the clip should be copied or moved Clip Mode Cam Mode Pressing the D key in the Copy Move LCD window allows the user to select a value for this setting e CLIP mode all camera angles of the clips will be copied moved e CAM mode only the camera angles of the clip loaded on the controlled channels will be copied moved Default Settings The default settings for the COPY MOVE menu are COPY and CLIP If the operator changes these settings the new settings will be re used the next time this menu is called The default settings will be automatically restored when Starting a new Multicam session How TO COPY OR MOV
46. a The TAKE key at the bottom of the remote is lighting red 2 Press the TAKE key It lights green and the menu on the LCD display changes to let you select the desired camera Rst Rst Cam Local ae A CMB B a C m D on oe the camera you to associate to the ae 4 Press TAKE again to return to the PGM selection menu 3 Note The 1 PGM mode is a simplified version of the 2 PGM mode The operational menu has less functions e o E S S 28 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A PLAYLIST CONDITIONAL MODE This mode is only available in 2 PGM mode It allows the operator to load and control several playlists simultaneously from the same Remote Panel or to load a playlist on one channel while performing other operations on the other channel s To use this mode the Load Playlist parameter of the setup menu must be set to Conditional p 4 2 F5 To use this mode select one channel for example PGM1 and press the PLST key once twice or three times to enter the PLST EDIT or the PLST DIFF mode refer to the Playlist Management Section of this manual for details about these modes You can notice that the TAKE key button lights green Pressing the TAKE key will allow the operator to return to the PGM selection menu and select another PGM channel where he can start a replay load a clip or another playlist etc In this mode if the ope
47. an existing playlist In order to guarantee the validity of data and clips previously saved it is advised to properly exit the application by pressing ALT Q and ENTER from the keyboard or F6 and then ENTER from the Remote Panel DO NOT TURN OFF THE SYSTEM WHILE THE APPLICATION IS RUNNING XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A 4 1 4 1 1 4 1 2 4 1 3 4 1 4 4 Remote Panel Operations OPERATIONS RECORD This key lights red when the system is recording Pressing this key brings the system in E E live mode and starts the record if necessary depending on the settings of the Setup menu The E E mode is actually playing pictures already recorded by the system and has a delay of 3 frames compared to the live source on all audio and video tracks MARK This function marks up to 256 cues that can be marked while recording or playing The cues are marked on the LIVE or PLAYBACK program depending on the value set in the Setup menu When the operator has marked 256 cues the next one will overwrite the oldest one LAST CUE This function re cues the EVS server to previous cue point relative to the current timecode position Each time the Last Cue button is pressed the EVS server re cues to the previous cue etc When recalling a cue point the cue number appears in the upper left corner of the OSD if this option is enabled in the Setup menu page 1 1
48. andard Definition servers and its Remote Panel so as to learn as quickly and efficiently as possible the basic operations The CLIP and PLAYLIST MANAGEMENT functions allow the operator to keep up to 5400 clips on a server and of course to replay all or some of them A playlist consists of a list of clips 90 playlists can be defined with video and audio transitions Issue 10 04 A 1 1 Application window y Title bar Aa Custom a a Trane Phe 2PLAY J 3REC iPFLAY XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 1 Initial Configuration APPLICATION SELECTION The EVS software is used for configuration and maintenance operations It is also used to select which application configuration to run since EVS disk recorders have the ability to run various configurations Sportlight 2REC 2PLAY Sportlight 3REC 1PLAY In the associated AVCFG module you can also specify the channel configuration you want to use and several audio and video parameters When turning on the EVS mainframe the first step is the PC boot sequence then the EVS software is started e f a default application has been previously selected this application will start automatically after a few seconds if no key is hit e f a default application hasn t been defined or if the space bar is hit the system will remain in the EVS main menu and wait for the operator s next command You will find
49. ano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A 9 4 9 4 1 9 4 2 ACTIVATING AND LOADING PLAYLISTS INTRODUCTION A distinction is made between activating and loading a playlist e When you activate a playlist you access the playlist location on the server but you do not load it on a player channel Once the playlist is active it is called the current playlist You can insert clips directly in the current playlist without having to load it onto a channel When Multicam is switched on the active playlist is automatically the Playlist 11 that is the playlist 1 on bank 10 of page 1 e When you load a playlist you actually load it on a given player channel either to edit it or to play it out DO ONE OF THE FOLLOWINGHOW TO ACTIVATE A PLAYLIST You can activate a playlist via the Remote Panel or via the VGA screen VIA THE REMOTE PANEL To activate a playlist via the Remote Panel proceed as follows 1 Go to the requested page by pressing SHIFT PAGE the F_ key corresponding to the requested page 2 Go to the playlist bank of the page by pressing SHIFT F10 3 Select the playlist as required press F1 F10 PAGE 1 contains Playlists 10 to 19 PAGE 2 contains 20 to 29 PAGE 3 contains 30 to 39 and so on 4 Press ENTER on the Remote Panel to confirm VIA THE VGA CLIP SCREEN To activate a playlist via the VGA clip screen proceed as follows 1 From th
50. arts playing back from the current picture The playback speed is defined by the lever position This is used to start the playback of a normal slow motion as well as the playback of a clip or a playlist During playback the system never stops recording Each operation on the Remote Panel with the command KNOB or LEVER will be associated to the Search or Playback mode respectively XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A 9 4 SYNCHRONIZATION MODE SWITCH TO IN If the synchronization mode is OFF a request for camera change will produce a jump at the same timecode on the requested camera This mode allows synchronous change of camera angle If the synchronization mode is ON a request for a camera change by pressing CAM A CAM B or CAM C in the Multicam menu will lead to a jump to a predefined CUE IN point SW TO IN Off SW TO IN On Cue In1 Cue In1 Clip A O Clip Bo mm cg lt Cue In3 Cue ng ClipC I B Clip D O cs lf a CUE IN point has not been previously defined Multicam acts as in Sw to In OFF mode even if Sw to In ON is shown because the system has no reference to jump to 21 Issue 10 04 A 9 9 5 5 1 5 5 2 9 6 22 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 DEFINITION OF CONTROLLED AND PRIMARY CHANNELS MN Important The notions of Primary Channel and Controlled Channe
51. as a continuous linear range except when Super Motion material is loaded on the primary channel In this case there is a flat step at 33 SD Super Motion or 50 HD Super Motion to help the operator locating easily the ideal playback speed AN Important When playing Super Motion material in slow motion to obtain the smoothest replay it is important that the replay speed is exactly the ideal slow motion speed which is 33 for SD Super Motion or 50 for HD Super Motion If the replay speed is slightly off these ideal values movements might appear staggered These ideal speeds can also be called directly by pressing the PLAY button when the current element is Super Motion The PGM speed and Var Max modes can also be used to facilitate this See Chapter 6 Pgm Prv Mode on page 23 for a description on these modes PLST This function is not active if the current playlist is empty If the current playlist is not empty pressing PLST once enters the Playlist Edit mode e Pressing PLST from the Playlist Edit mode enters the Playlist Playout mode e Pressing PLST from the Playlist Playout mode re cues the playlist to its beginning e Pressing 3 times PLST will always cue up the playlist ready to roll To play back a playlist that has been cued press the PLAY button and it will roll at the preset speeds 13 Issue 10 04 A 4 1 11 4 1 12 4 1 13 4 1 14 4 1 19 4 1 16 14 XTnano Version 10 04
52. as with PrvCtl the clip will appear at that location only In the case of a clip containing a single camera angle only an A B or C clip when in full control of all outputs the clip recalled will appear on the primary channel TOGGLING BETWEEN THE CAMERA ANGLES Pressing several times the F_ key will always recall the first frame of the clip but showing the next camera angle every time the F_ key is pressed 33 Issue 10 04 A 8 2 4 8 2 5 34 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 PLAYING BACK A CLIP PLAYBACK SPEED FEATURES You can play back a clip using several playback speed features explained above in this user manual This section summarizes the various playback speed features and refers to more detailed sections on these features e Playback of a clip at the default playback speed using the PLAY key e Playback of a clip at a speed varying from 0 to 100 using the Lever in a basic way e Playback of a clip at a speed varying from 0 to a maximum speed defined in the PGM Spd Var Max setting on the Remote Panel Pg 6 1 F3 To use this feature you need to activate the VarMax option available from the secondary menu in PGM PRV mode For more information refer to the section PgmSpd VarMax on page 24 e Playback of aclip at a given predefined speed defined in the PGM Spd Var Max setting on the Remote Panel Pg 6 1 F3 To use this fea
53. audio and video is applied to each new clip inserted into the playlist However you can change the type of transition effect in the main menu of the Playlist Edit mode For more information refer to the section 9 14 6 How to Define a Transition Effect on page 84 POSSIBLE TRANSITION EFFECTS The following video transition effects can be defined By default the audio transition is always a mix when the split audio mode is disabled Effect Type Description Cut No transition effect is applied between both elements Mix Dissolve effect between both elements Wipe The last frame of the previous element is gradually replaced the first frames of the next element The wipe effect is shown as a vertical line moving across the video The direction of the wipe effect left to right right to left is defined in the Wipe Type parameter on page 4 1 of the setup menu Fade from A fade out effect from a defined color is applied on the first color lt frames of the clip on which the effect is defined The previous clip ends in cut mode In the drawing below the previous clip is displayed in red the next clip is green and the fade in black 83 Issue 10 04 A 9 14 6 84 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 Effect Type Description Fade to color A fade in effect to a defined color is applied on the previous clip gt up to the transition in cut mode to th
54. clip inside the playlist by moving the jog dial To return to the normal Playlist Edit mode press the Browse key again When you are in Playlist Edit mode you can of course also activate the Browse mode by pressing the Browse key PGI JRSM oE TDUR OO 200 02 2 111A Clipname0123 CHO AUG NG eZ Wak WOO 10 IZB Clipname4567 Ore ours Unk WORTE LEE Clipname8910 CO soa Unk WOO 10 BELEC mole ALL Insert Speed EX TEU Delete 65 Issue 10 04 A 9 8 9 8 1 9 8 2 66 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 PLAYOUT FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE FOR PLAYLISTS ROLLING A PLAYLIST ROLLING ACTION After recalling a playlist you will roll the playlist using the pre defined speed of each clip Use the PLAY key to start rolling the playlist PLAYLIST SPEED As soon as the lever is used to start the playback or during playback the pre set speed for the current clip is cancelled and set by the lever position only The playlist will return to pre set speed mode as soon as another clip with a pre set speed is found Y Note When using the PLAY key to start the playlist it is recommended to set the lever at the top position 100 If the lever is in low position and the operator touches it by mistake while the playlist is rolling the playlist could freeze on air If the speed for a Super Motion clip is set to UNK p
55. complete information about regarding the EVS Menu in the XTnano Tech Ref Software manual Configuration windows EUS 16 84 18 Jan 28 2011 13 14 74 li r F I rk m Pu i Gaui a i E M i I k iii j F lt F9 gt Maintenance lt F8 gt Parameters Message window ee Task bar XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A 1 2 CONFIGURATION ON NANO REMOTE Before you start using the Multicam application in Sportlight mode you need to ensure that the parameters are properly defined in the Setup menu of the nano Remote Panel and in the Setup Configuration module of the Multicam application The new parameters are saved as soon as they are modified AN Important Prior to using Multicam the operator should enter the Setup menu and set all necessary parameters If clips are stored with certain parameters and the operator wishes to change them afterwards those clips and playlists will not change It is thus important to set these parameters first The Multicam Configuration manual includes a detailed description of all settings which can be defined on the Remote Panel Issue XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual 10 04 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 2 Remote Controller 2 1 GENERAL LAYOUT The following diagram shows the Remote Panel along with a brief description of each area A B Cc D el F2 FRR F4 FS
56. current auxiliary clip Refer to the Chapter 9 Playlist Management on page 57 for more details POSTROLL gt Archive Cam This function enables disables the Post Roll mode This mode is explained in details in the section PostRoll on page 40 CLIP CAM Push Aux CHp Post Roil gt Archive Cam Pressing the D key will toggle between CAM and CLIP modes on the remote Please note that this mode on the remote and on the VGA screens is never synchronized In CAM mode the Archive assignment will apply only to the camera angles of the clip loaded on the controlled channels In CLIP mode this function will apply on all camera angles of the clip USING THE CLIP SCREEN LICENSE CODE n Note The clip screen access is a software option which requires the license code 88 being installed For more information on the required license key contact the Support or Sales team The VGA Clip screen is accessed by selecting the F9 key on the keyboard With this screen clips can be recalled using the pen and tablet or directly from the keyboard MN Important The action performed on a channel from the Clip screen is concurrent to any other controller that might be assigned to that channel by EVS Remote Panel A command sent from the Clip screen to a channel will overwrite whatever the channel was doing at that time XTnano Version 10 04
57. de brings up the following menu OtherAng Replace Redo Undo Select Replace in this secondary menu to enter the Replace function 85 Issue 10 04 A 9 15 3 9 15 4 86 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 REPLACE EDIT AND REPLACE PLAYBACK MODES Similar to the playlist the Replace function has two modes THE REPLACE EDIT MODE This mode makes it possible to specify the following information for the Replace e IN point and OUT point for the section to replace in the playlist The OUT point can also be defined during the Replace itself e Loop mode parameters See also the section Loop Mode in the Replace Function on page 88 In the Replace Edit mode the playlist is considered as one entity on which you can mark one IN point and one OUT point pressing the IN and OUT points does not retrim the current playlist clip Those IN and OUT points will be used to determine what portion of the playlist will be replaced THE REPLACE PLAYBACK MODE In this mode you play the playlist back and insert the new section between the defined IN and OUT points After you have selected the required settings for the Replace function the Replace Playback mode is automatically activated the playlist is cued before the IN point to create guardbands ready to be initiated The playlist is played at the speed defi
58. e clip screen press END to access the playlist bank 2 Press the DOWN arrows until you select the playlist to activate 3 Pressing ENTER on the selected playlist activates it 61 Issue 10 04 A 9 4 3 9 4 4 9 5 9 5 1 62 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 HOW TO RECALL AND LOAD A PLAYLIST You can only recall and load a playlist if it is not empty To load a playlist on a player channel proceed as follows 1 Access the desired playlist bank by pressing F10 from the requested page 2 Select the playlist to load with the F1 F10 keys The selected playlist becomes active and is displayed on the LCD display 3 Press PLST key on the Remote Panel to load the active playlist If the new playlist is not empty it is automatically loaded on the selected player channel in 2 PGM mode or on the PGM in PGM PRV mode and it becomes the current playlist If the new playlist is empty the system will ask you whether you want to copy the current playlist at this new location HOW TO EXIT THE PLAYLIST MODE Press the RECORD key on the Remote Panel to exit the playlist mode and return to E2E mode DELETING PLAYLISTS HOW TO DELETE A PLAYLIST Deleting a playlist deletes all the playlist elements from the playlist and the playlist definition in the database To delete a playlist proceed as follows 1 Access the playlist bank where the playlist to delete i
59. e command NETWORK This function is not accessible on XTnano XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A 4 1 17 GoTo TC The Goto TC option allows the user to jump to a given timecode in the loaded train or clip How TO GO TO A GIVEN TIMECODE To jump to a given timecode of the loaded train or clip you can use the Goto TC option on the Remote Panel To go to a given timecode proceed as follows 1 Press SHIFT Goto TC keys on the Remote The Goto TC window is displayed on the Remote Panel CORO Gr saxo Meta aimeed Enteri pean eont conmedk Ces _ Fron bate to bate Peco fife fT 2 To specify a date from which the search should be executed press SHIFT C enter the date in the following format dd mm yy using the F1 to F10 keys and press ENTER on the Remote 3 To specify a date up to which the search should be executed press SHIFT D and enter the date in the following format dd mm yy using the F1 to F10 keys and press ENTER on the Remote 4 To specify whether to go to a LTC USER timecode or any of both LTC USER press C until the requested timecode type is displayed 5 Enter the requested timecode using the function keys F1 to F10 Eight digits hh mm ss ff f frame are displayed on the LCD screen of the Remote e f you enter all 8 digits Multicam will automatically go to the required timecode e f you enter less than 8 dig
60. e next clip on which the effect is defined In the drawing below the previous clip is displayed in red the next clip is green and the fade in black Fade to from A fade in effect to a defined color is applied on the previous clip color V fade up to its OUT point and a fade out effect from the same color is applied on the next clip on which the effect is defined from its IN point The effect duration must be a multiple of 2 frames In the drawing below the previous clip is displayed in red the next clip is green and the fade in black Note The color of the fade effects is defined in the Playlist settings on setup menu on page 4 3 Fade to from color parameter How TO DEFINE A TRANSITION EFFECT You can add transitions on one or all elements of a playlist as follows or more precisely modify the default effect applied mix 1 Select the playlist location and press PLST to open it in Playlist Edit mode The main menu appears Browse to the playlist element at the beginning of which you want to modify the effect or press Edit All SHIFT D to modify the effect on all playlist elements To modify the effect press Effect SHIFT C and move the lever until the requested effect is displayed on the LCD display The effect type is displayed as a letter symbol in the information corresponding to the loaded element see highlighted letter 111A 04 Clipname0123 Oe 00520 Unk Wo00 10 XTnano Version
61. e playlist definition and the playlist elements to the server on which the copy is requested LONG OR SHORT COPY When you copy the material of the playlist elements you can perform a long or short copy e The short copy copies the material between the IN and OUT points of the playlist elements with clip guardbands as defined on the destination system e The long copy copies the original clips not only the material defined as the playlist element This makes a difference when the playlist element has been trimmed compared to the original clip HOW TO CoPY A PLAYLIST FROM THE REMOTE PANEL From the Remote Panel you can copy playlists on the local server To copy a playlist from the Remote Panel proceed as follows 1 Go to playlist bank on the local server 2 Select the original playlist to copy by pressing the corresponding F_ key on the Remote 3 Select an empty playlist location XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A A new menu appears on the LCD display of the Remote Panel with the corresponding message on the OSD of the output monitors asking whether you want to copy the original playlist to the new location or whether you simply want to select a new empty playlist default choice Select New Playlist 13 Meal eCenreed Penter 8 CO ieue a rena C7 7 ee wd Tle 4 Press COPY A key to select the copy option The menu becomes Copy I
62. e selected camera for this clip Other functions such as Name Delete Copy gt Archive depend on this mode selection F3 CALL The operator can gain immediate access to a local or network clip by typing its ID number F4 PREF This option changes the primary camera of a clip For information on how to change the primary camera of a clip refer to the section 8 2 20 How to Change the Primary Camera of a Clip on page 46 F5 VIEW This option changes the standard display to the extended display and vice versa Refer to the section 8 2 24 Clip Screen Extended View on page 50 F10 PLST The Playlist screen can be accessed by selecting F10 on the keyboard THE CLIP INFORMATION AREA The next area is the Clip Information Area which displays the clips of the selected page and bank s Two clips banks are displayed at a time 42 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A For each clip and camera angle the following information is available Field Description Clip ID Unique identifier of the clip on the server Ex 111A The clip ID is followed by the Creating message when the clip is in the process of being created copied or moved to this location For more information on growing clips refer to the section 8 2 5 Recall and Playback of Growing clips on page 34 Clip rank Clip rank depending on the channel on which it has b
63. ed page bank number on the bottom line of the screen You can also move to the adjacent page bank by clicking on the red arrows on the top bottom and sides of the screen e Left right arrow go to previous next page e Up down arrow go to previous next bank XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A If a clip is present in a certain location it will be highlighted in BLUE Once selected it will be highlighted in ORANGE To cue up a clip on the primary channel controlled by the first remote or on the VGA Call Channel defined in the setup simply click on it with the stylus If the channel where the clip is supposed to be loaded is in Plst Edit mode with a PRV channel attached the clip will automatically cue up on the PRV channel 8 2 18 SELECTING A CLIP WITH THE KEYBOARD The keyboard can also be used to operate within the clip screen The green arrows Surrounding a clip show the current cursor position The UP DOWN LEFT and RIGHT ARROW keys on the keyboard are used to move across the screen Only 2 banks can be viewed at a time To view other banks press ALT UP or DOWN ARROW to scroll vertically between banks and press ALT LEFT or RIGHT ARROW or PAGE UP PAGE DOWN to scroll horizontally between pages To go to bank 1 of the current page press HOME and to go to the Playlist bank of the current page press END2 Once the cursor located on the desired clip p
64. een created e Primary next to the clip ID e Secondary next to the clip ID The clip rank information is highlighted in blue if the clip is protected Clip name Name of the clip either automatically assigned or defined by the user Archive Status e If the clip ID is blinking green the clip is flagged for archiving but not yet archived e f the clip ID is permanently highlighted in green the archiving of the clip has been completed THE CLIP MANAGEMENT AREA MODE CLIP E BANK gt 1 lt NAME CAPTURE FIELD This is the only capture area of the screen It is used to enter the name to assign to a clip playlist or to enter the ID of a clip to recall MODE FIELD Indicates if the clip screen is currently in CLIP or CAM mode In CLIP mode actions on a clip will use all available cameras for this clip In CAM mode actions on a clip will only use the selected camera for this clip Default value is CAM mode The MODE is toggled with the F2 key 43 Issue 10 04 A 8 2 17 44 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 CLIP CONTROL AREA It is dedicated to play out control Command ALT P gt m ALT R RECUE ALT T SET TC ALT Z gt ARCHIVE PGM X Description Plays at 100 speed except for super motion clips which are played back at 33 speed and pause playback on the current picture Jumps to the Short IN point R
65. em Prv Mode 1PGM PRV PRESS A FROM MAIN MENU PGM1 CAM A PRY CAM B Aud Met Pomo oc Ose I Pelee se Paks 11 lt MS g recan Syne Prev At least 2 playback channels must be available to run this configuration This mode allows the operator to make replays with or without transition effects between all outputs A string of replays can be put together and played back at the Operator s discretion The LCD display is divided in two menus controlled by soft keys A B C and D To gain access to the upper menu press MENU from the Remote Panel SECONDARY MENU Aud Met Poamopa PoOstRolt Mix WIPE L gt R WIPE ROL WiPE U gt D Wipe D gt U CUT Aud Met Pgmspd Post Roll These options determine the transition effect that will occur between the PGM and PRV pictures The mix wipe and cut are on the same location Pressing this button will browse through these effects showing the active one on the LCD menu Please refer to Setup menu to select the duration of the transition effect 23 Issue 10 04 A 24 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 PGMSPD VARMAX Aud Met PostRoll Mix Sw To In Pref Pressing PgmSpd once enables the Program Speed mode and highlights this function on the LCD Pressing the key once more enables the VarMax mode and highlights this function on the LCD The PLAY key is fla
66. enu After the clip has been inserted you can press PLST to return to the playlist at the current position INSERTING GROWING CLIPS INTO PLAYLISTS Growing clips can be inserted in playlists in the same way as other clips However their display has the following characteristics Display They will be displayed with the Creating message in the playlist on the VGA The growing clips ID will be blinking on the mini playlist display and on the playlist screen on the Remote Panel as well as on the OSD Remaining Time The remaining time in playlists containing growing clips with only an IN point is as follows The remaining time displays on all the screens OSD VGA Remote Panel screen where this information is displayed How TO DELETE PLAYLIST ELEMENTS FROM A PLAYLIST To delete a playlist element in a playlist using the Remote Panel proceed as follows 1 While you are in Playlist Edit mode scroll within the playlist to the element that needs to be deleted If the Browse mode is active the first frame will appear on the display as each clip is scrolled through 2 Select Delete from the Playlist Edit menu The selected element will be removed from the playlist A confirmation message will appear if that option has been enabled in the Setup menu XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A 9 10 6 HOWTO MOVE AN ELEMENT WITHIN A PLAYLIST 9 10 7
67. ernal Loop Mode parameter of the Setup menu p 2 3 F1 In audio embedded the audio is also looped whatever the value defined for the Internal Loop Mode parameter To leave the loop mode you need to press SHIFT Loop again Note By default users have to connect the clean SDI output to the Loop In connector given that the OSD of the output monitors are not disabled If users want to use the output monitor with characters out they have to start the Multicam application with the following parameter LOOP_SDI_MON This is very useful to consolidate effects and edits or adding live sound or music or voice to previously recorded material when only the video is looped back into the server Y Note When playing back at 200 in loop mode then replaying the looped sequence at 50 you can obtain a film effect 4 1 20 RETURN Inside a clip press the Return key to remain on the same picture but inside the record train instead of the clip if that picture still exists in the record train This is useful when a clip is too tight and you want to use material beyond the current IN or OUT point 16 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A 4 1 21 4 1 22 PAGE Use this key to select a new clips page After pressing the SHIFT Page keys you must press a F_ key to select the corresponding page 1 to 10 REBOOTING THE SYSTEM FROM THE NANO REMOTE Hard
68. estripes the timecode of the current clip Allows the operator to flag a clip to place it in the archive queue of the Xtract defined in the Setup menu p 3 3 F1 or in the Setup screen When a clip is flagged for archiving but has not yet been archived its ID will be blinking green in the Clip screen It is permanently highlighted green when the archiving of the clip is completed Depending on the mode selected with the F2 key CLIP CAM the gt ARCHIVE flag is assigned only to the camera angle of the clip selected with the green cursor CAM mode or to all camera angles of the clip CLIP mode Located in the bottom right corner of the clip screen this field is only visible if the Call Channel VGA function has been enabled in the Setup Menu p 3 1 F5 or in the Setup Screen and is only effective in CAM mode not in CLIP mode It allows the operator to select on which channel clips called using the keyboard tablet and VGA should be loaded Press ALT F1 on the keyboard to select PGM1 ALT F2 for PGM2 PRV ALT F3 for PGM3 etc This function is useful to load clips on channels that can not be controlled by an EVS Remote Panel or to allow an AP to browse clips on a play channel not used by the main operator Note that if that channel is in PLST EDIT mode with a PRV the clip will automatically cue up on the PRV SELECTING A CLIP WITH TABLET AND STYLUS To select a different page or bank using the stylus click on the desir
69. from the corresponding record train letters highlighted in green means that the corresponding record train is available but will not be used to create a clip 4 To define the name of the clip before saving it press ALT N type the desired name and validate with ENTER 5 The operator can also restripe the timecode of the IN point of the clip to a new value Press ALT T type the desired value and confirm with enter When creating the clip this timecode will replace the original timecode of the Short IN point 59 Issue 10 04 A 06 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 Press ALT S to save the clip s The operator still has the opportunity to rename the clip during this operation He can then save the clip to the current cursor location by pressing ENTER or to the first available clip location on the Current server by pressing ALT U PGM1 Cam A PRV1 Cam B Pole eG Leos Oca TR Cor se accel Pea E Meg XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A 9 1 9 2 9 2 1 9 Playlist Management GENERAL INFORMATION PLAYLIST CREATION Playlists can be created on the server via the nano Remote Panel and or the Multicam user interface LIMITATION ON PLAYLIST AND TIMELINE ELEMENTS A playlist can include up to 1000 elements Up to 16000 playlist elements can be saved on a Server Up to 48000 temp
70. g this button inserts the clip loaded on the PRV channel into current playlist Changes the lever range to secondary mode see setup menu for range selection Issue 10 04 A 2 2 2 3 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 6 Operational Block 2 PLAY Initiates playback Network Not used on XTnano Last Cue Re cues EVS server to previous cue point Goto TC Allows timecode entry with F keys Fast Jog Used with jog dial for rapid manual re cue This mode is automatically reset after PLAY LIVE commands Mark Used to enter re usable cue point 256 cycling cues RECORD Initiates E2E mode Return Inside a clip allows the operator to return to the same picture inside the record train if it still exists PRV CTL Enables disables the Preview Control mode Page Selects current clip page from 1 to 10 7 LCD Display Provides current status of the system LED COLORS A selected key lights red When a key lights green it means a value in relation with this key exists For example F1 to F10 keys e Green light means a clip has been stored in relation with the key e Green flashing light means a clip is being created e Red light means the clip associated to the key is playing or is ready to play F KEYS AND SMALL BUTTONS Fi Fe R M e BK F B BW FO a rN N e o i iu i e e MENU SHIFT CLEAR ENTER o This button provides access
71. hannel will be delayed If you are using a DVE it could introduce a delay This system is based on the assumption that audio and video are in sync when they hit the record channel The delay value cannot be negative Select SHIFT D to highlight the delay value then the display allows you to add frames or fields of delay to the delay value Pressing MENU or SHIFT D will leave this mode XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 HANC LTC HANC VITC LTC LTC table OSD Protect IN point Protect OUT point Short IN point Short OUT point VITC VITC table Issue 10 04 A Glossary Horizontal Ancillary timecode LTC as defined in the XMPTE 259M and RP188 standards Horizontal Ancillary timecode VITC as defined in the XMPTE 259M and RP188 standards Longitudinal or Linear timecode LTC is a timing signal that is part of an audio tape recording It is recorded on a track that runs lengthwise along the tape which is why it is called longitudinal It can only be read if the tape is playing Timecode jump table in which the jumps in LTC timecodes are stored On Screen Display Information displayed on the output monitor Position i e timecode which represents the first image of the protected video material for a clip i e the first image before the IN guardband Position i e timecode which represents the last image of the protected video material f
72. he Help gt About menu in the user interface You will find the full list of addresses and phone numbers of local offices at the following page on the EVS website http www evs tv contacts USER MANUALS ON EVS WEBSITE The latest version of the user manual if any and other user manuals on EVS products can be found on the EVS download center on the following webpage http www evs tv downloadcenter Issue XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual 10 04 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENT S sececescaaciaeaesssaceiseaishes a as eskwusbistiatnetrsaaeaiemmiaenee IIl OVERVIEW nravi A E AO E EET 1 1 INITIAL CONFIGURATION nsessesnssunnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 2 LI ARRECATON SELECTON iaee 2 12 GONFIGURATIONION NANO REMOTE ecca a a n 3 2 REMOTE CONTROLEER soriire 4 2i GENERALAT OUT anai r E E E E 4 22 MGIC OWMOIRG edes icc a a 6 23 SFAREVS AND SMALE BUTTONS wisest cette hs A ts Scan osc ty acta retcke Sean onto E teenie 6 a Nese tae cae Nias A E ate oan stase Pee tasteees T 29 TRANSPORT CONTROL Grasis tisen asper aie eiiaoe ra 8 29l JOODARerree ian a A ee 8 L CEER ROR eee ne net ee ee ee eee ee eee ee eee 8 3 MAIN MENU raznim E 9 4 REMOTE PANEL OPERAT IONS ssessesesnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 11
73. ie les well Ors Bore av ooa Menu CanceT Enee r 2 aC OnE ee COPY PLST CLP NEW PLST 5 To specify whether to copy the EDL with or without the clips do one of the following e f you want to copy only the EDL without copying the elements contained in the original playlist press ENTER The copy is done instantly since there is no material to transfer e f you want to copy the EDL and the playlist elements themselves to your local EVS server press PLST CLP B key The display becomes Ces mille hale E o A E e e S EPOPEIA ETS aE Menua Caneel eerie e R CNE REN 6 To specify whether to perform a Short or Long copy select the desired value SHORT or LONG pressing the C key e SHORT mode default only the section of the elements between the Short IN and Short OUT as defined in the playlist will be copied 19 Issue 10 04 A 9 11 4 16 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 increased by the duration of the guardbands as defined on the destination system e LONG mode the entire original clips including their guardbands will be copied on the destination system Once the various options have been decided press ENTER to confirm the copy or MENU to cancel The F_ key of the destination playlist will flash until all clips have been copied This playlist can be recalled during that process for browsing editing or playback If some clips ha
74. ilable on the Remote in Playlist Playout mode on page 67 9 3 PLAYLIST DISPLAY ON THE VGA 9 3 1 VGA PLAYLIST BANK SCREEN Pressing END on the keyboard when the Clip screen is displayed allows the users to access the VGA Playlist Bank screen on the given page This gives an overview on the playlists and timelines stored on the bank El ips Elips ET ips Elips Elips For each playlist the following information is displayed Field Description Playlist ID Unique identifier of the playlist on the server Ex PL16 Playlist Name Name of the playlist It cannot exceed 12 characters Ex game edit X clips Number of available clips in the playlist Ex 98 clips Dur Total playback duration Ex 00 04 34 12 Aux Clip Aux Clip ID and name of the audio auxiliary clip 59 Issue XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual 10 04 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 9 3 2 VGA PLAYLIST SCREEN INTRODUCTION Pressing F10 on the keyboard calls the VGA Playlist screen The Playlist screen displays information on the clips included in the current or loaded playlist Several transport functions are available from this screen For more information refer to section 9 8 2 Functions Available from the VGA Playlist Screen on page 66 PT e MAME CLIP sh Fi NAME PL F42 CLIP CAM F3 CALL F9 CLIPS tHB 57 54 04 BA 82 21 1115 H6 57 34 804 HA 82 21 112A jump 67 69 38 6067 HA H2
75. its when the last digits are zeros press ENTER on the Remote to validate the entry and reach the requested timecode Once you have entered the Goto TC you can observe it has been correctly entered on the display of the Remote LCD screen and on the output monitor This Timecode display appears in the centre of the LCD display just above the menu options 6 Press ENTER on the Remote If the timecode is from the LTC table it will be displayed in white on the output monitor If the timecode is from the USER TC table it will be displayed in yellow on the output monitor 15 Issue XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual 10 04 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 If nothing happens after confirming the TC entry with ENTER this means that the field corresponding to the selected timecode does not exist on disk any longer To exit the Goto TC function at any time press the MENU key 4 1 18 GOTOIN GoTo OUT When you are in CLIP mode this key combination enables the operator to go to IN OUT points of CLIPS instantly 4 1 19 LOOP It enables the internal loop mode The button will flash red in this mode and LOOP will appear on the OSD of the output monitors When the user selects the Loop mode the loop has to be cabled from the HD SD clean output of PGM1 to the Loop In connector The loop is performed on the audio and video components of the PGM1 output or on the video only depending on the Int
76. k Gardeal 14 MME E EEE i E E A EA A E A A E NE E EA A E A 14 Issue XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual 10 04 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 9 11 3 How to Copy a Playlist from the Remote Panel ccccccccscsssssssssscesessessessessesseseesee 14 9 11 4 How to Copy a Playlist from the VGA Clip Screen uu cc ecccsssssessessessessessessessesssesaesaeseees 76 9 12 OTHER EDITING FUNCTIONS FOR PLAYLISTS ccc ccsssssssesssssesseseeseesaesseserseesseeeeseeas TT 9 12 1 How to Trim Clips into a PIA WIISU secs scaa atdscescssceass aan teeeseshied cpacedednenssdaiencneceshenndseeeesnexecbexteseiaei TT 9 12 2 How to Sort the Playlist Elements by TC IN uu ccc ccecsecssessssscsssseseessesssesseseseesseseeseseeseess TT 9 129 ROW O MEg PRIIVISTS zarast NS 18 9 12 4 Consolidating a Playlist ennnnenennnnenenennnnsnannnnsnaninrnraninrsranirnrarirsnannnrnnnnnnrnnannnrnrannnrnnnnnnno 18 9 12 5 Generating a Continuous Timecode in a Playlist ccc ccccscsccsessscsessessessessessesesseseesseseeees 78 913 THEAUXIKHAR Y AUDIO Bk errant ee a ee One ee ee 80 OEM WAU OCC UO Mest stecgac tetstcstacscet r caadeccets deact ceases et ataet tomcat enadeoa utente ak 80 9 13 2 How to Add Remove an Auxiliary Audio Clip to a Playlist cc cccccsessssssssseeseeeeeeees 80 914 TRANSITION EFFECT OG zarnas aes E 81 oTel DEsSenpU O aa a 81 9 14 2 Accessing Commands for Transition Effects cccccscscscssssssssscssssessssssssese
77. l Clips command will only delete the non protected clips The clips stored on protected pages as defined in the Setup as well as the clips protected by another protocol or clips included in playlists will not be deleted by this Operation To clear all non protected clips proceed as follows 1 Go to the Main menu SHIFT MENU 2 Press the function key F7 on the Remote 3 Press ENTER or CLEAR on the Remote Panel to confirm cancel the Operation A message on the video monitor will notify the operator when the operation is complete AN Important The Clear All Clips command is different from the Clear Video Disks command available from Maintenance menu in EVS software e The Clear All Clips command only deletes non protected clips e The Clear Video Disks command from EVS Maintenance menu is more radical and definitely erases all video and audio data from disks Clips Stored in protected pages are also deleted COPYING OR MOVING CLIPS With XTnano servers you can copy and move clips locally PRINCIPLES ABOUT COPYING CLIPS Copying a clip gives a new clip which is totally independent from the original It can therefore be trimmed named deleted etc without affecting the original Copying clips on the same server does not duplicate the original material on the video drives it simply creates a separate reference to the same video material This means that the capacity will not decrease when making copies of clips on the
78. l are very important and will be constantly referred to in this manual CONTROLLED CHANNEL A channel is controlled when the operator can control it with the jog dial In this case the words FULL CTRL are present on the top of the OSD of the output monitor of that channel PRIMARY CHANNEL The primary channel is the first controlled channel It is identified by stars around its name on the OSD of the output monitor and on the LCD display of the Remote Panel ex PGM1 Examples e In Pgm Prv mode with PRV CTRL OFF the primary channel is PGM e In Pgm Prv mode with PRV CTRL ON the primary channel is PRV PREFERENCE MODE PREF When this option is ON and a clip is recalled the preferred camera will be displayed on the main output even if another camera angle was previously loaded on that output The preferred camera is the one which was on the primary output channel when the clip was created The second preferential camera secondary camera is the one that was loaded on the next channel when the clip was created In the Clip screen the first preferential camera is indicated by a star 111B and the second preferential camera is indicated by 2 dashes 111B When the preference option is disabled the PGM output stays on the camera currently selected when the clip is called XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A 6 1 6 1 1 6 P
79. list For more information refer to the section 9 4 2 How to Activate a Playlist on page 61 2 Recall the first clip for your playlist For more information refer to the section 8 2 3 Recalling a Clip on page 33 3 Press ENTER on the Remote Panel The clip is added at the end of the current playlist 4 Repeat as many times as necessary until the last clip is entered HOW TO INSERT CLIPS INTO A PLAYLIST The following rules apply to the procedure below e You need to be in PGM PRV mode to be able to use the TAKE key on the Remote Panel to insert a clip e Depending on what is selected in the Setup menu on page 4 1 Insert in Playlist setting F5 the clip will be inserted before or after this selected position To insert a clip into a playlist proceed as follows 11 Issue 10 04 A 9 10 4 9 10 5 12 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 1 Using the Playlist Edit mode or the Browse mode scroll to the location where the clip must be inserted 2 Call the selected clip It appears on the PRV output 3 Do one of the following to insert the selected clip in the playlist at the position shown on the PGM output e Press the A key Insert function on the Remote Panel e Press the TAKE key on the Remote Panel e Press the SHIFT Insert keys on the Remote Panel A confirmation message will appear if that option has been enabled in the Setup m
80. lled using the CUT function the original clip s is are deleted after being pasted to the new location e In CAM mode only the selected camera of the clip is Cut Copied Pasted In CLIP mode all camera angles of the clip are Cut Copied e For the Paste function in CLIP mode only the available camera locations inside the destination clip will be pasted If some camera angles already exist for the destination clip these will not be overwritten by the corresponding camera in the clipboard e A Cut and Paste of a clip is equivalent to a Move Clip meaning that any reference to that clip inside playlists will be updated to the new location of that clip This is not the case when doing a Copy and Paste then deleting manually the original clip CLIPBOARD FIELD This area displays the content of the clipboard clip number and the selected camera s for a clip The rest of the line summarizes the available functions COPY CUT PASTE and DELETE and their keyboard shortcuts These functions can also be called by clicking on the corresponding area on this line CTL X CUT This command is only applicable to clips 1 Move the cursor to the clip playlist to cut from the Clip screen 2 Press CTRL X on the keyboard or click on the corresponding area on the screen The clip removed from the current location and copied to the clipboard CTL C COPY 1 Move the cursor to the clip playlist to copy 2 Press CT
81. m that the clip is being pushed and indicating the clip location where it will be stored on the receiving machine If the Receive Page s defined on the destination machine is are full the operator who tries pushing the clip is notified While this message is being displayed the operator can press the MENU key at any time to return to the normal menu Depending on the CAM CLIP mode selected by the D key only the camera angles loaded on the controlled channels are pushed CAM mode or all Camera angles of the clip are pushed at once CLIP mode gt ARCHIVE ee The Archive function allows the operator to flag a clip to place it in the archive queue of the Xtract This function is blinking when the clip is flagged for archiving but has not yet been archived It is permanently highlighted when the archiving of the clip is completed Depending on the mode selected with the D key CLIP CAM the gt ARCHIVE flag is assigned only to the camera angles of the clip loaded on the controlled channels CAM mode or to all camera angles of the clip CLIP mode 39 Issue 10 04 A 8 2 10 8 2 11 40 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 AUX CLIP Push Aux Clip POstRol gt Archive Cam This function allows assigning a clip as auxiliary audio clip to the current playlist Press CLEAR Aux Clip CLEAR SHIFT B to remove the
82. ne after instead 9 8 3 FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE ON THE REMOTE IN PLAYLIST PLAYOUT MODE Once the playlist is cued and ready to roll the menu below is displayed on the Remote LCD This menu gives the operator the ability to manipulate the playlist while it is playing The duration displayed in the top right corner of the LCD screen in Playlist Playout mode is the remaining duration until the end of the playlist PARI i SIMI OAS Nie ereie CEEE OO VORO 7 2 IREA Clipname0123 OO 9 Unk WOO 10 ZB Clipname4567 ONE EIS Sea Unk MOOG KPE Clipname8910 OHO Vereen Unk MOO 10 CORY PES TCT ORE SHORT NEW PLST FILM FX Selecting this function will create a film style effect during the playout of the playlist by repeating one field every two fields Please note that the audio is also affected by this effect making it unusable and therefore muted This mode is deactivated when exiting a playlist NEXT While the playlist is rolling on air selecting the Next function will start the transition of the next clip with the transition effect listed on the playlist This can be used if a clip is running too long and it is necessary to shorten up the playing time 67 Issue 10 04 A 9 9 9 9 1 68 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 SKIP While the playlist is rolling the next clip in the sequence is always displayed on the PRV screen The Skip function allows the operator to discard
83. ned in the playlist but the lever can also be used to vary the playback speed When the Protect OUT point of the clip is reached a clip containing the IN and OUT point with the guardbands is created on the Receive page defined in the Setup menu The loop is stopped and the user switches back to match frame edit mode REPLACE WITH IN OUT POINTS OR WITH IN POINT ONLY You can perform a Replace action in two ways e by defining an IN and OUT points in the Replace Edit mode e by defining only an IN point in the Replace Edit mode and defining the OUT point while you perform the Replace in the Replace Playback mode For more information on how to perform a Replace refer to the section How to Perform a Replace on page 87 MN Important The IN and OUT points cannot be marked on a transition the key will flash red when it is the case XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A 9 15 5 HOWTO PERFORM A REPLACE You first define the Replace function in the Replace Edit mode Then you execute the Replace function in the Replace Playback mode To perform a Replace proceed as follows 1 Open the playlist in which you want to replace a section in Playlist Edit mode In Playlist Edit mode press Menu on the Remote Panel to access the secondary menu Press the A key to enter the Replace Edit mode Use the jog dial to reach the desired IN point for the Replace sec
84. nt SA January 2011 FULL CONTROL AND LEVER CONTROL Controlling both PGM and PRV is done when PRV CTL direct access key from the remote is not activated Once selecting PRV CTL the operator will have control of the PRV with the jog dial and most buttons while the lever and the Play button will control the PGM output At this point selecting clips will call them up on the PRV side The combination of the PRV CTRL and the SW to IN functions allows the operator to auto chain cameras from the same IN point CAMA H LIVE Record CAM B rai CAMC lt CAM D a When an IN point has been marked the operator activates the PRV CTL and sets ON the Sw To In option Then the slow motion of one camera can be started from this IN point The operator selects another camera in the PRV output and via the TAKE button can auto chain cameras from the same IN point on the PGM output XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A 7 Multi PGM Mode 7 1 1 2 PGM MODES PRESS A ORB FROM MAIN MENU Multicam has two modes for its basic operation 1 PRV PGM mode or Multi PGM mode e The 1PGM PRV mode as described previously is the more powerful of the two allowing for interaction between all outputs Here synchronized replays can be rolled and chained between the cameras with either a mix wipe or cut between them e The MULTI PGM mode is more basic which gives the operator inde
85. or a clip i e the last image after the OUT guardband Position i e timecode which represents the first image of aclip This is also called IN point in this user manual Position i e timecode which represents the last image of aclip This is also called OUT point in this user manual Vertical interval timecode VITC is a timing signal that is part of a video recording It is recorded in the vertical blanking intervals between successive picture frames hence the vertical interval Timecode jump table in which the user defined timecode type is stored This will usually be the VITC in SD and HANC VITC in HD but could be another timecode type 89 wn Instant Tapeless Technology ZII HAD EVS Broadcast Equipment Li ge Science Park 16 rue Bois St Jean B 4102 Ougr e Belgium Corporate North amp Latin America Headquarters Headquarters 32 4 361 7000 1 973 575 7811 Asia amp Pacific Other regional offices Headquarters available on 852 2914 2501 www evs tv contact E To learn more about EVS go to www evs tv
86. orary playlist elements available for undo and redo actions can be stored on a server They will be purged each time the Multicam application is closed PLAYLIST LOCATION All playlists created are automatically stored on the banks dedicated to playlists and timelines on the server the bank 10 of each page Playlists on page 10 are not available from the EVS Remote Panel these playlists are reserved for external protocols PLAYLIST MODES ON THE REMOTE PANEL INTRODUCTION Two modes are available on the Remote Panel to access and manipulate the playlists the Playlist Edit mode and the Playlist Playout mode e The Playlist Edit mode is used to modify the playlist e The Playlist Playout mode is used to roll the playlist on air Editing the playlist in Playlist Playout mode is not possible 57 Issue 10 04 A 9 2 2 9 2 3 08 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 ACCESSING THE PLAYLIST EDIT MODE ACCESS When you load a playlist pressing the PLST key on the Remote Panel you directly enter the Playlist Edit mode The first frame of the element highlighted in the playlist appears on the PGM At the start full control will be on the PGM side scrolling through the playlist can be done here From the Playlist Diffusion mode you need to press the EDIT function D button or move the jog dial to return to the Playlist Edition mode from where you can edit the playlis
87. pendent control of all outputs In this mode all outputs can be controlled together such as jogging back to a certain action with all outputs or they can be controlled individually either PGM 1 or 2 PGM 1 CAM A PGM2 CAM B PGM3 CAM C Aud Met PgmSpd Mix SMEO A Pref Eos Be CIARA LOCAL Records LOCAL Bmw Lig lt Se 7 1 1 SECONDARY MENU The secondary menu can be called by pressing the MENU key and is identical to the 1Pgm Prv mode 7 1 2 OPERATIONAL MENU The operational menu in Multi PGM mode gives access to the functions detailed in the following paragraphs a 27 Issue XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual 10 04 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 RST CAM T This function restores the position of cameras on the active channels CAM A on PGM 1 and CAM B on PGM 2 Y Note When a clip playlist is loaded on a channel switching back to Live mode will recall the record train which was last used on that output This avoids too frequent uses of the Rst Cam function SYNC TO Rt Cam Sync To PGM 2 This button allows you to synchronize the selected PGM in use with another one Press this button and then select the PGM to be used as a reference How TO ASSIGN A CAMERA TO A CHANNEL In Multi PGM mode you can change the current camera on each PGM as follows 1 In the operational menu select the PGM to which you want to change the current camer
88. playlist element The first record train is loaded on the PRV channel at the current TC of the loaded element 4 Press Browse and use the jog to move within one record train to browse its content an Once you have loaded the requested camera angle on the PRV channel press ENTER This will replace the current playlist element by a new clip having the same TC IN and TC OUT The new clip is stored on the playlist receive page The effects split audio and swap points defined on the initial playlist element are preserved 73 Issue 10 04 A 9 11 9 11 1 9 11 2 9 11 3 74 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 COPYING PLAYLISTS INTRODUCTION With the XTnano servers you can copy and move playlists locally From the VGA Clip screen you can perform cut copy and paste actions with playlists in the same way as you do with clips For more information on these actions refer to the section Error Reference source not found Error Reference source not found on page Erreur Signet non defini From the Remote Panel you can only copy a playlist but not move cut amp paste it to another location Copy OPTIONS When you copy a playlist you have different options EDL ONLY OR EDL CLIPS COPY e The EDL copy copies only the playlist definition while the playlist elements themselves remain at their original location e The EDL Clips copy copies th
89. pment SA January 2011 9 13 THE AUXILIARY AUDIO CLIP 9 13 1 INTRODUCTION This option allows adding a new stereo audio track for example sport comments music jingles ambient sound to the original video clips This stereo audio track is available on the PVW output and on analogue outputs 7 8 or on digital outputs 15 16 The selection of the track output is done via the Setup menu Page 5 1 F5 The original audio tracks are still available on outputs 1 2 3 4 The auxiliary audio clip selected is always played back with normal speed 100 whatever the selected playback speed for the video When the playback of the playlist is not started from the beginning the system calculates the offset between the current position and the beginning of the playlist and applies the same offset to the Aux Clip so that it can remain synchronized with the playlist If the duration of the Aux Clip is longer than the playlist duration the auxiliary audio clip keeps playing even after the video has Stopped Otherwise the audio clip ends itself before the end of the playlist when the audio clip reaches its OUT point 9 13 2 HOWTO ADD REMOVE AN AUXILIARY AUDIO CLIP TO A PLAYLIST 1 Make the Aux Clip button active by selecting a clip from the clip bank This can be done outside of the PLST EDIT mode or in PLST EDIT mode with PRV CTRL ON You will see the Aux Clip option appearing in the secondary menu on the LCD of the Remote Panel 2 Then pres
90. points of a clip can be replaced by new ones Short OUT point is excluded The clip freezes on previous field when playing back with Post Roll disabled XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A 8 1 3 8 2 8 2 1 Short IN and Short OUT points are always on even fields This is automatic The guardband beyond the Short OUT point is created with the material available when the operator saves the clip by pressing the selected F_ key Therefore this guardband can sometimes be shorter than the value defined in the Setup menu CLIP AVAILABILITY ON DISKS Various clip types can be distinguished depending on whether they are available on the disks or not Depending on the clip availability on disks you can perform specific actions on the given clip or not Clip on disk Clips which are protected on disks and which have Short IN and Short OUT points present on disks All the material is available on the disk Growing clip Clips which are protected on disks and which have a Short IN point and possibly a Short OUT point defined on disks Since the record process is still undergoing some of the material is already on the disk but not all of it USING THE EVS REMOTE PANEL HOW TO CREATE A CLIP To define a clip proceed as follows 1 Select the LIVE mode 2 Using the jog dial define your Short IN point Press the IN key to mark your Short IN point of the clip
91. rator selects a PGM channel where a playlist is loaded and presses the TAKE key he will enter again the PLST EDIT or PLST DIFF mode When playlists are loaded on all channels currently controlled by the operator in MULTI PGM mode the TAKE key lights red If the TAKE key is pressed the remote will enter a specific PLST DIFF mode where the operator can control several playlists simultaneously and browse them or roll them in sync NEXT and SKIP functions are also available and will apply on all controlled playlists The TAKE button will not light red if one of the controlled channel does not contain a playlist Example The operator builds a playlist with Fills and another playlist with Keys He sets the Playlist Load parameter to Conditional in the setup menu then enters the 2 PGM mode selects the Fills playlist as current playlist presses A to gain control on PGM1 presses PLST two or three times to enter the PLST DIFF mode and cue up the Fills playlist to its 1st clip Then he presses the TAKE key to return to the PGM selection menu selects the Keys playlist as current playlist presses B to gain control on PGM2 presses PLST two or three times to enter the PLST DIFF mode and cue up the Keys playlist to its 1st clip Then he presses the TAKE key to return to the PGM selection menu presses D to gain control on both PGM channels then presses TAKE to enter the PLST DIFF menu He will see on the LCD screen the content of both playli
92. ress ENTER to cue up the clip on the primary channel controlled by the first remote or on the VGA Call Channel defined in the setup If the channel where the clip is supposed to be loaded is in Pist Edit mode with a PRV channel attached the clip will automatically cue up on the PRV channel 8 2 19 HOWTO NAME A CLIP 1 In the Clip screen select the clip to name in one of the following ways e Click on the clip with the stylus e Positioning the green arrows around the desired clip with the keyboard 2 Type in the desired name with the keyboard All characters available from the keyboard are accepted including blanks 3 Press F1 e In CAM mode only the camera where the cursor is located is named e In CLIP mode all cameras of the clip where the cursor is located are named The entry in the Name field is not cleared by pressing F1 and remains for future use Press BACKSPACE to delete the last character in the Name field or press ESC to clear the whole field Clicking with the stylus means pressing lightly the tip of the stylus onto the tablet 2 Trying to access the playlist bank of page 10 will cause the Clip screen to jump to the playlist bank of page 9 since page 10 playlists are reserved for external protocols 45 Issue 10 04 A 8 2 20 8 2 21 8 2 22 46 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 HOW TO CHANGE THE PRIMARY CAMERA OF A CLIP Te In the
93. ressing the PLAY key on that clip will start the playback of the playlist at 33 FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE FROM THE VGA PLAYLIST SCREEN To use the following commands you must be in Playlist Edit or Playlist Playout mode e To enter the Playlist Edit mode press the PLST key on the EVS Remote The LCD screen of the Remote displays the information about the previous current and next 3 clips of the playlist e To enter the Playlist Playout mode press the PLST key again The following operations can be performed from the VGA playlist screen Criteria Description Naming a For more information refer to the section 9 6 1 How to Name a playlist Playlist From the VGA Playlist Bank Screen on page 63 Naming the For more information refer to the section 9 6 3 How to Name the current clip Current Element in the Loaded Playlist on page 64 PLAY pause Press ALT P to start the playback pause of the playlist from the current position XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A Criteria Description RECUE Press ALT R to recue to the beginning of the playlist and pause NEXT Press ALT N while the playlist is playing to force immediately the transition to the next clip in the playlist SKIP Press ALT S while the playlist is playing to skip the next clip The current clip will play until the defined OUT point than the playlist will skip the next one and play the o
94. s MENU to call the secondary menu then Aux Clip button SHIFT B the ID of the Aux Clip appears in the title bar of the Playlist screen F10 3 To remove the current auxiliary clip load the auxiliary clip call the secondary menu by pressing MENU then press CLEAR SHIFT B Aux Clip on the Remote 80 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A 9 14 TRANSITION EFFECTS 9 14 1 DESCRIPTION You can apply effects on the audio and video transitions of a clip in a playlist For each transition you define the effect type and duration Normal Playlist with Cuts es Clip 1114 3 secs Clip 114240 3 secs Clip 113463 secs es O O Total Duration 9 secs Playlist with 1 00 sec Effect Duration In an LSM playlist the video and audio effects end at the OUT point of a clip so the duration of clips is shortened by the length of the effect Clip 11143 SECS 3 3 Clip 1134 3 secs Clip 1124 3 secs Total Duration 7 Secs 81 Issue XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A 9 14 2 ACCESSING COMMANDS FOR TRANSITION EFFECTS The functions related to transitions effects are available from the main menu of the Playlist Edit mode and the effects applied are also displayed on the same LCD display Clip position Clip name Clio duration Playlist speed Effect type ALII LSMO1l Paol LOC 0 00 02 22
95. s stored by pressing F10 from the requested page 2 Press CLEAR the F_ key corresponding to the playlist you want to delete You will be asked or not to confirm the deletion action depending on the value defined for the Confirm Deletion setting in p 3 1 of the Remote Panel Setup menu The empty playlist location remains available XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A 9 5 2 9 6 9 6 1 HOw TO DELETE ALL PLAYLISTS OF A BANK To clear all playlists stored on a given bank proceed as follows 1 2 Select the appropriate page on which you want to delete the playlists Press CLEAR SHIFT and the F10 key that corresponds to the playlist bank The following confirmation message will be displayed This will delete all playlists timelines stored on bank 0 Menu Cancel Enter Confirm Press ENTER to confirm and the playlists and timelines on the playlist bank of the selected page will be deleted NAMING A PLAYLIST OR AN ELEMENT IN A PLAYLIST You can name a playlist from the VGA Playlist Bank screen or from the VGA Playlist screen How TO NAME A PLAYLIST FROM THE VGA PLAYLIST BANK SCREEN To name a playlist from the VGA Playlist Bank screen proceed as follows 1 From the Clip screen press END to go to the Playlist Bank screen of the requested page Press the down arrow several times until the playlist to name is selected Type the
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97. shing red while either of these modes is enabled e Program Speed mode In this mode only two speed values are available from the lever 0 when the lever is in the lower position or the speed defined in the setup p 6 1 F3 for any other position of the lever e Var Max mode the speed range defined by the lever is limited between 0 and the speed value defined in the setup p 6 1 F3 Sw TO IN Aud Met Pampa PostRolt When this function is enabled highlighted a camera change will cause a jump to the corresponding IN point if existing It will switch in Sync if no IN point exists for the current element or if Sw To In is OFF PREF Aud Met Pomspd PostRolt Selecting this function enables the Preference mode AUD MET PgmSpd PostRoll Mix Sw To In Pref This option enables disables the display of audio meters for all channels using the OSD of the output monitors POSTROLL Aud Met PgmSpd Mix Sw To In Pref When the Post Roll mode is enabled that function is highlighted on the LCD and a P appears on the OSD of the output monitors When the user exits Multicam with the Post Roll mode on this mode will still be enabled when Multicam is restarted The Post Roll mode works as follows depending on the element played XTnano
98. sort is done on the TC displayed in the TC IN column whatever the type of TC displayed User TC or LTC Note This operation will change the order of the playlist elements and reset the transitions to the default transitions defined on the Remote Panel To reorder the playlists elements by TC IN in a playlist proceed as follows i Open the playlist in the VGA Playlist screen 2 Press the TAB key until you highlight the Sort by TC IN field in the Playlist management area at the bottom of the screen oF Press ENTER to validate and press ENTER a second time to confirm the Operation The playlist elements are reordered by TC IN You can undo the operation using the Undo command available in Playlist Edit mode on the Remote Panel TT Issue 10 04 A 9 12 3 9 12 4 9 12 5 18 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 HOW TO MERGE PLAYLISTS From the VGA it is possible to merge two playlists by copying a playlist and pasting it to an existing playlist The copied playlist will be added at the end of the destination playlist CONSOLIDATING A PLAYLIST OVERVIEW Using the internal loop you can record a playlist back to the server as a big clip if you want for example to record the playlist effects as regular video inside the server Depending on the Internal Loop Mode parameter in the setup menu p2 3 F1 both video and audio can be looped back into the system
99. sts side by side and can browse them or play them in Sync at any speed and perform SKIP and NEXT commands as needed 29 Issue 10 04 A 8 1 8 1 1 8 1 2 30 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 8 Clip Management INTRODUCTION CLIP STRUCTURE A clip is defined by Short IN and Short OUT points When referring to Short IN and Short OUT points the operators usually use the terms IN point and OUT points When Short IN and Short OUT points are set the system automatically write protects a user definable length of material before and after the Short IN OUT points respectively these are referred to as the guardbands For this reason the IN point before the guardbands and the OUT point after the guardband are called Protect IN point and Protect OUT point It is possible to trim a clip by redefining Short IN and Short OUT points If Short IN and Short OUT points are defined only the fields between those two points will be played if the sequence is recalled the same applies when the sequence is included in a playlist PROTECT SHORT SHORT PROTECT IN IN OUT OUT iis Fields between Protect IN and Short IN and fields between Short OUT and Protect OUT guardbands can be reached with the jog So the Short IN and Short OUT points can be redefined PRINCIPLES Protect IN and Protect OUT points of a clip cannot be replaced by new ones Short IN and Short OUT
100. t OVERVIEW The main menu in the Playlist Edit mode available on the Remote Panel display is the following A secondary menu is also available when you select MENU from the main menu in the Playlist Edit mode All commands are not always available in the secondary menu ees fRepiace Reco In Playlist Edit mode the duration displayed in the top right corner of the LCD screen is the playlist total duration from the beginning to the end For more details on the Playlist Edit mode refer to the section 9 9 1 Main Menu in Playlist Edit Mode on the nano Remote on page 68 ACCESSING THE PLAYLIST PLAYOUT MODE When you load a playlist pressing the PLST key on the Remote Panel you need to press PLST a second time to enter the Playlist Playout mode The first frame of the playlist element following the one on the PGM will be displayed on the PRV side This allows the operator to play only parts of the playlist starting from the current position The menu available from the Playlist Playout mode on the Remote Panel display is the following FilmFX NEXT SIN EDI XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A Y Note A third selection of the PLST button cues the playlist to the beginning displaying the first playlist element on the PGM side and the following clip on the PRV For more details on the Playlist Playout mode refer to the section 9 8 3 Functions Ava
101. t record train in red XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 Issue 10 04 A HOW TO LOAD A CLIP Use the arrow keys to move the cursor inside the lower section of the VDR Panel to the desired clip and press ENTER or click on the desired clip with the stylus or type the desired clip ID and press F3 To select a different camera angle inside a clip press ALT the letter of the desired camera A B C D E F or click on it Available camera angles are highlighted in GREEN the current camera angle in red PLAYING BROWSING THE CURRENT ELEMENT Command ALT P ALT Y ALT V lt gt without SHIFT key SHIFT lt gt CTRL lt gt ALT lt gt ALT G Description Play from Pause on the current picture Play the current clip in endless loop mode The play will start from the current picture until the Short OUT point of the clip then will automatically loop back to the Short IN point and keep playing and so on PlayVar at the speed specified in the adjacent field To edit the Var speed press ALT without SHIFT key type the desired value and press ENTER to confirm move 1 field backward forward Move 1 second backward forward Fast Rewind Fast Forward The browsing will continue after the keys are released Goto IN OUT Goto timecode HOW TO CREATE A CLIP WITH THE VDR PANEL PLAYER 1 Load a record train on the player
102. the channel currently assigned to each window is displayed on the top of each of them To assign a new channel to this window press ALT H A new window appears on the other side to allow the selection of a new channel SELECT CHANNEL TO CONTROL PGH PG M2 PRU U CamA 18 yards L CamB high behind CamC CamD Brive gt i GLoop Jar A amp EcDEF Disable Window ENTER Confirm selection eyeheras INd 44 lt gt gt POUT GoTo AVE aAS Use the t arrow keys to select the channel and press ENTER or directly press ALT the number of the channel as highlighted in green The Play channels already assigned appear in grey and can not be selected Select 0 Disable Window if you don t want to assign any channel to the window Depending whether a Play or Record channel is assigned to the VDR Panel window its content is automatically updated VDR PANEL PLAYER WINDOW ID of the current Current timecode element clip or train PGM1 Name of the NAHE current HARK IN OUT List of available Camera angles LIVE gt E LOOP UAR yA ABCDEF green and selected camera IN4 dd lt gt bh POUT GOTO SAUE S angle red How TO LOAD A RECORD TRAIN Press ALT L to go in LIVE mode or click on the LIVE function then press ALT the letter of the desired record train A B C D E F or click on it The letters corresponding to the available record trains are highlighted in green and the letter of the curren
103. tion and press the IN key to mark it When the IN point has been marked the display switches to Cam A Ofield Replace INT hie ere EXt Loop The Int Loop B and Ext Loop C keys are blinking If you want to specify the OUT point for the Replace section at this stage jog to the requested point and press the OUT key Otherwise you can define the OUT point while you perform the Replace Press the B or C key to select whether you will use the internal loop or external loop to perform the Replace For more information on the loop type and additional parameters refer to the section Loop Mode in the Replace Function on page 88 The playlist is cued before the IN point to create guardbands ready to be initiated A flashing message appears on Remote Start Replace lever Or play DULCtON Push the lever or press the Play key on the Remote Panel to shift to the Replace Playback mode and start the Replace process If you have not defined the OUT point for the Replace in step 5 press the OUT key when you reach the desired OUT point While the Replace is being performed the following messages are displayed on the OSD Replace in Progress Clipping guardbands Replace by clip xxx On the Remote Panel a confirmation message pops up Re PECCI O o e o PENU annee PENS Relies a deter 87 Issue 10 04 A XTnano Version 10
104. to the Secondary Menu Also used as CANCEL in some messages when confirmation is required Note SHIFT MENU returns to Main menu MENL XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A o Enables use of the secondary key functions SHIFT Note This key remains active even if released until another key has been hit 2 4 FIO Stores or recalls clips recall playlists and enter timecode B A information Is a multi purpose key used to clear clips or playlists and to clear IN OUT points CLEAF fo Is used to append clips at the end of the current playlist and to validate other options and messages SOFT KEYS The soft keys have PRIMARY and SECONDARY functions and are divided into upper and lower sections Aux Clip SECONDARY MENU LOCAL SYNC PRV OPERATIONAL MENU e J SHIFT The LCD display is divided in two menus e To access the secondary functions in the operational menu A to D press the SHIFT button e To access the secondary menu press MENU from the remote controller The secondary menu is used to define settings that do not require regular changes without having to return to the Setup menu e To return to the operational menu press the MENU key again e To return to the Main menu in Multicam press SHIFT MENU Issue XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual 10 04 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011
105. ture you need to activate the PgmSpd option available from the secondary menu in PGM PRV mode For more information refer to the section PgmSpd VarMax on page 24 HOW TO PLAY BACK A CLIP To play back a clip proceed as follows 1 Store a clip 2 Recall the defined clip which will be played the corresponding F_ key lights red 3 To start playing back the clip press the PLAY key or use the lever RECALL AND PLAYBACK OF GROWING CLIPS You can recall and play growing clips in other words clips that are in the process of being created on a disk As long as the OUT point of a growing clip is not available on the EVS server the LED corresponding to the growing clip location blinks green when it is called and red when it is loaded on the Remote Panel The clip LED will no longer blink as soon as both IN and OUT points are available on the EVS server If the play reaches the end of the available material the play will freeze until new material is available for playout When new material is available the play resumes When the OUT point of the clip is known the remaining time is displayed When the OUT point of the clip is not known the remaining time display switches to until the entire clip is copied XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A 8 2 6 CLEARING CLIPS WHICH CLIPS CAN BE DELETED You can clear clips available on disks or gro
106. ve not yet been copied the original network clip is used instead How TO COPY A PLAYLIST FROM THE VGA CLIP SCREEN Copying a playlist using the CUT COPY PASTE functions from the Clip screen will only copy the EDL the playlist definition and the clips themselves will remain in their original location To copy a playlist from the VGA Clip Screen proceed as follows A From the VGA Clip Screen open the playlist bank by pressing END on the keyboard Select the playlist to copy and click CTRL C Go to the empty playlist location on the same server where you want to copy the playlist and click CTRL V The EDL of the playlist is copied to the requested location XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 10 04 A 9 12 9 12 1 9 12 2 OTHER EDITING FUNCTIONS FOR PLAYLISTS HOW TO TRIM CLIPS INTO A PLAYLIST Every playlist element can be trimmed independently of all other instances of the same clip number 1 Browse to the desired element in the playlist 2 Re mark a new Short IN or Short OUT If the clip duration is too short clear the IN or OUT point by selecting CLEAR and then set the new IN or OUT point at the desired position 3 Note Clearing restores the existing IN or OUT point to the end of the guardbands of the clip HOW TO SORT THE PLAYLIST ELEMENTS BY TC IN From the VGA it is possible to sort reorder the playlist elements by TC IN The
107. wing clips The function key that corresponds to the clip location on the Remote Panel must be green for the user to be able to delete it e Loaded clips can not be deleted e Clips included in a playlist cannot be cleared either In all cases a warning message will appear HOW TO CLEAR A CLIP To clear a clip proceed as follows 1 Select the appropriate page and bank where the clip to be erased is stored 2 Press CLEAR followed by the F_ key that corresponds to the clip Attention In most cases no confirmation is required and the clip will be instantly deleted on If the clip is protected or if the Confirm Delete Clip parameter is set in the Setup menu a warning message appears 4 Press ENTER to confirm and the selected clip will be erased HOW TO CLEAR UNPROTECTED CLIPS IN A BANK To clear all unprotected clips stored on a given bank proceed as follows 1 Select the page that includes the bank on which you want to delete the unprotected clips in a clip bank 2 Press CLEAR SHIFT and the F_ key that corresponds to the requested clip bank The following confirmation message will be displayed This will delete all unprotected clips stored on bank X 3 Press ENTER to confirm and the unprotected clips on the bank are deleted 39 Issue 10 04 A 8 2 7 36 XTnano Version 10 04 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA January 2011 HOW TO CLEAR ALL UNPROTECTED CLIPS The Clear Al
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