CinePlay User Manual
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1. Chappell 01 00 00 00 Swap this shot with the next one When used with a video stored on Kollaborate all markers are synced to the cloud and project users are notified when you create a new note via Dashboard and email alerts Exporting Markers CinePlay can export to Final Cut Pro 7 and Avid marker lists Avid locator lists can be imported directly into Media Composer or Symphony but to import into Final Cut Pro 7 FCPX or Premiere you will need the free Marker Import tool available at http www digitalrebellion com cutnotes Last updated Sep 3 2014 CinePlay User Manual T Ganging Ganging is an advanced feature that allows you to sync two or more files together for playback at the same time This is useful if you want to compare two different versions of a shot side by side To use Ganging open the files you would like to link together and then go to File gt Playback gt Gang Playheads gt All Windows As you play back and drag the playhead in one window all open windows will sync to the same position Sintel Trailer mp4 nps evisions i 01 00 23 23 J 01 00 23 23 lt oe Whichever file has focus will be the leading file that controls the playback of the others as well as being the only file that will play audio by default To switch to a different file for playback and audio click on its window There is no limit on the number of files that can be synced in this way nor in t2. mp4 a Tags lt 33 Ej om FAVORITES Name Date Modified Dropbox gt Sl Desktop E Desktop gt Downloads Dropbox E Pictures a Documents ia Jon DR Downloads Documents E Library y Applications GE Movies DEVICES Video Codec ProRes 4444 Settings Audio Codec Linear PCM Settings New Folder Cancel Last updated Sep 3 2014 CinePlay User Manual 18 Note Export codecs are limited to H 264 ProRes 422 ProRes 4444 and JPEG Last updated Sep 3 2014 CinePlay User Manual 19 Preferences General O Preferences 130 Y m eneral Kollaborate Markers Safe Areas At startup Ask to open a file _ Play media files automatically v Save playback position when reopening a file Alert me when someone comments on a Kollaborate video l m viewing v Only play audio from the frontmost player At startup Choose what to do when the application launches You can either display an Open dialog allowing the user to select a file launch the Kollaborate file browser or do nothing Play media files automatically Automatically begin playing video and audio files as soon as they have loaded Save playback position when reopening a file Begin playback where you left off last time the file was viewed Alert me when someone comments on a Kollaborate video I m viewing Displays a Notification Center alert when someone else comments on a cloud video
3. you re Last updated Sep 3 2014 CinePlay User Manual 20 currently watching This only occurs when the file in question is open and you will not be alerted when CinePlay is not running For more customization options go to the Notification Center section of System Preferences and customize the entry for CinePlay Only play audio from the frontmost player Mutes players when they move to the background This is useful when ganging as it prevents the audio of each video from playing over each other Last updated Sep 3 2014 CinePlay User Manual 21 Markers O O Preferences 4 Q y C General Kollaborate Markers Safe Areas Show marker edit popup V When moving to next previous marker while playback is stopped V When moving to next previous marker while playing __ When hovering over a marker Marker popups will automatically display when you add a new marker press M to edit an existing marker or click a marker to edit it This pane allows you to control extra instances in which you may prefer the marker popups to appear When moving to next previous marker while playback is stopped Shows a popup with the marker s textual content if you use the Next Previous Marker buttons or the Up Down Arrow keyboard shortcuts to switch between markers while playback is stopped When moving to next previous marker while playing Shows a popup with the marker s textual content if you use the Next Previo
4. CinePlay User Manual 1 CinePlay User Manual CinePlay is a professional Mac media player complete with timecode overlays markers masking safe areas and much more It is ideal for dailies portfolios client feedback and mobile note taking TIMECODE All timings are specified in timecode notation and CinePlay can read timecode stored in a movie file You can even add a draggable timecode window or overlay to the movie MARKERS Add markers during playback and export them to a range of common marker formats SAFE AREAS View customizable 4 3 and 16 9 title and action safe areas over your movie GANGING Gang two or more players together to compare different versions of a clip side by side KOLLABORATE View cloud videos stored on Kollaborate and make comments for the rest of your team Synced Sessions allow another team member to control your playhead CUT NOTES SYNC Sync timecode to Cut Notes for easy note taking Last updated Sep 3 2014 CinePlay User Manual 2 Contents Playback 3 Ganging 7 Playlists 8 Kollaborate Cloud Video 9 Kollaborate Synced Sessions 12 Timecode Sync 14 Exporting 17 Preferences 19 Registration 23 Frequently Asked Questions 25 Support 26 Last updated Sep 3 2014 Playback a00 Sintel Trailer mp4 Revisions x Basic controls The playback window offers the ability to play and pause rewind and fast forward and step back and forward by a single frame You can also jump to the b
5. d a movie to someone else will my markers show up A Markers are stored on your system and not within the file However if you want to send the markers to someone else you can export them as a marker list or use Kollaborate Q How do import markers into my NLE A Locator lists can be imported into Avid but for all other formats you will need the free Marker Import tool Q Why does timecode start at 00 00 00 00 for my remote file even though the video has a timecode track A CinePlay may be unable to read the timecode tracks of certain video files that are not stored locally on your computer To resolve this download the files or use Kollaborate which does not have this limitation Last updated Sep 3 2014 CinePlay User Manual 26 Support Bug reports and feature requests can be submitted using the links in the Help menu Last updated Sep 3 2014
6. eginning or end of a movie with the Home and End keys The current timecode position is displayed to the left of the timeline bar If the movie does not have an embedded timecode track the start position defaults to 00 00 00 00 The total length of the video is located to the right of the timeline Timecode overlay A draggable timecode overlay can be added to the video display by going to View gt Overlays gt Timecode Timecode window A draggable timecode window can be displayed by going to Window gt Timecode This allows you to move the timecode display to another screen so it doesn t obscure playback Last updated Sep 3 2014 CinePlay User Manual 4 dzn0e9768fwvdoavkaxnp39s5t8 lmp9y5 159fcc8dde54 Sintel Trailer mp4 Timecode 01 00 20 00 Safe area overlays Title and action safe areas can be added to the video display by going to View gt Overlays and switching on 4 3 Safe Areas and or 16 9 Safe Areas Mattes Blanking Video can be matted to various aspect ratios by going to View gt Matte Last updated Sep 3 2014 CinePlay User Manual 5 Markers At the bottom right of the player window are controls for adding editing and navigating between markers Click the Add Marker button to create a new marker at the current playhead position If a marker already exists at this position a popup window will appear for editing the existing marker Enter the name of the marker and choose a color if desired th
7. en press Enter or click away from the marker popup to save it Marker 13 Delete To delete a marker position the playnead above it you may find it easier to use the previous next marker buttons to ensure you re directly above it and click the Delete button in the edit popover that appears Markers are not saved to the file so they only exist on your computer however you can export markers to various text based marker formats from the File menu Chapters stored in the movie file itself cannot be edited or deleted All markers stored in the current movie can be viewed at once in the Markers window which can be accessed by going to Window gt Markers This makes viewing or editing multiple markers at once much easier Last updated Sep 3 2014 CinePlay User Manual 6 dzn0e9768fwvdoavkaxnp39s5t81mp9y5 15 9fcc8dde54 Sintel Trailer mp4 Markers Position Description Author 01 00 00 00 Cut Shot 01 00 09 21 Too Slow 01 00 12 16 Audio Hit 01 00 15 07 Find Alt Line 01 00 17 05 Too Quiet 01 00 20 00 Marker 7 Cloud Comments Comments on Kollaborate videos are shown as markers in the timeline You can edit your own comments but cannot edit or delete those created by others Comments are live so anyone else viewing the file will be alerted to your comments as you make them If anyone makes a new comment while you are viewing a file you will be alerted with the following Notification Center alert Comment by Jon
8. he type of files so you can freely mix and match video and audio together An alternative use of this feature would be to play back audio and video together if they exist in different files By default the audio will be muted in the background so you should select the audio clip to use it as the leading file or you can manually unmute it or disable frontmost audio in Preferences Last updated Sep 3 2014 CinePlay User Manual 8 Playlists CinePlay has basic support for M3U playlists To create a new playlist go to File gt New Playlist and drag media files into the window that appears 6 Test Playlist Timber_10mins copy mov Timber_10mins trimmed mov Select a file to launch the player and begin playback If you find that the playlist window obscures playback click on the player and the playlist window will move to the background Do not close the playlist window as this will close both the playlist and player When the player window is open use the Skip Previous Next buttons on the player to switch between files in the playlist If you accidentally close the player click on the file in the playlist again to reopen Use File gt Save Playlist and File gt Save Playlist As to save as m3u playlist files that can be played on a variety of devices including iPads and iPhones provided those devices have access to the original media files Last updated Sep 3 2014 CinePlay User Manual 9 Kollaborate Cloud Vide
9. nection but you will not need a connection every time you launch the application CinePlay Registration Your trial has expired You must purchase this software if you wish to continue using it Trial has expired Use Kollaborate cloud features free cannot play locally stored files e Unlock paid functionality Buy Now After making a purchase log into your Digital Rebellion account below to authorize this computer Email name example com Password eccccecece Authorize Forgot Password Quit BuyNow Continue Last updated Sep 3 2014 CinePlay User Manual 24 If you wish to install CinePlay on another computer go to Help gt Register enter your account password and then click Unregister to free up your license so it can be installed on a new system If your hard drive was damaged or you forgot to unregister CinePlay before formatting it please contact us to resolve the problem Last updated Sep 3 2014 CinePlay User Manual 25 Frequently Asked Questions Q What codecs are supported A We support all codecs allowed by AV Foundation including ProRes and H 264 Legacy formats like MPEG 1 and third party codecs like DNxHD or CineForm are not supported Q Can CinePlay play videos from YouTube Vimeo or other video sharing websites A No Q Can CinePlay play copy protected videos such as commercial movies have purchased from the iTunes Store A No Q If sen
10. ng the session playback controls will be disabled You can still add markers and control the volume though All participants of the session will be notified whenever someone makes a comment As the session owner plays back the video on their computer you will see the frames they are seeing To leave the session close the playback window Last updated Sep 3 2014 CinePlay User Manual 13 eoo Session 21 Jul 2014 07 12 51 01 00 00 00 Geo ae eee 01 00 00 00 v 00 01 32 00 e Last updated Sep 3 2014 CinePlay User Manual 14 Timecode Sync CinePlay can output timecode with the Mackie protocol Cut Notes sync Cut Notes is an iPad app for taking timecoded notes To sync timecode from CinePlay to Cut Notes please perform the following steps 1 Launch Cut Notes then select a project and cut to launch the note taking UI 2 Tap the Sync button and select MIDI Kollaborate MIDI Bad Cut Too Slow Too Fast 3 On your Mac launch Audio MIDI Setup in Applications Utilities If the MIDI Studio window is not showing go to Window gt Show MIDI Window Last updated Sep 3 2014 CinePlay User Manual LES MIDI Studio 4 Double click Network to launch the MIDI Network Setup window 5 Under My Sessions create a new session called Cut Notes Last updated Sep 3 2014 CinePlay User Manual 16 e0 9o MIDI Network Setup My Sessions 4 Cut Notes V Enabled Port 5004 Local name Cut N
11. o CinePlay is integrated with the Kollaborate cloud workflow platform To access your cloud videos you will first need an account at www kollaborate tv or on Kollaborate Server Once you have an account and have created or been invited to a project with videos login in the Kollaborate pane of CinePlay s preferences 0 0O 0O Preferences Authorize Local Server Access cloud movies with Kollaborate Sign up at www kollaborate tv Credentials Email name example com Password Authorize Register lf your company is using Kollaborate Server to run the platform in house ask your system administrator for the correct URL to enter into the Kollaborate Server tab Last updated Sep 3 2014 CinePlay User Manual 10 0O 0O Preferences Authorize METER Kollaborate can also be run in house on your own storage Find out more at www kollaborate tv server _ Use a local Kollaborate server URL 1http 1 2 3 4 e g http subdomain domain com or http 1 2 3 4 kollaborate Click Authorize and if everything is correct CinePlay will confirm that you are connected to Kollaborate Authorization successful CinePlay can now communicate with Kollaborate Loading videos Click File gt Browse Kollaborate Files to open the Kollaborate browser This allows you to switch between projects and browse through the video files you have access to Double click a video to open tt Last updated Se
12. otes Bonjour name MacBook Pro nm Name Latency adj Participants Jon s iPad 0 ms Directory 3 Jon s iPad Disconnect A ms 1 000 500 100 50 10 0 3 10 50 Address 10 0 1 6 5004 P Connect Who may connect to me lve e routings Only computers in my Directory 6 Your iPad should be showing in the Directory pane Select it and click Connect 7 In CinePlay click View gt Timecode Output gt Mackie 8 Drag the playhead and the timecode should update in Cut Notes The playback buttons in the Cut Notes UI should remotely control the movie Note Comments made in Cut Notes will not automatically appear in CinePlay unless you are viewing a Kollaborate movie Last updated Sep 3 2014 CinePlay User Manual 17 Exporting Trimming CinePlay can trim a video to reduce its length without requiring the video or audio to be transcoded To do this use the and O keys on the timeline to set in and out points then go to File gt Trim Transcoding To transcode a video to another codec go to File gt Export gt Movie Before doing so you may optionally set in and out points with the and O keys to limit the length of the exported movie clip In the dialog that appears choose a video and or audio codec to transcode to Settings can be adjusted by clicking the Settings button next to the video and audio dropdowns 3 00O Sintel Trailer mp4 Revisions x Save As Sintel Trailer
13. p 3 2014 CinePlay User Manual 11 p S _____ Kollaborate Browser Project Kollaborate Test Project Name gt New Folder Sintel Trailer mp4 Apr 1 2013 2 33 13 94 MB v UPS_PART_2012_X264 mov Feb 24 2013 11 4 37 11 MB a OQ The Four C s UPS12 mov Feb 24 2013 11 4 166 36 MB y If you have multiple versions of a file uploaded you can switch between them by clicking the Revisions dropdown in the top right corner Revisions ye v Sintel Trailer mp4 2 Sintel Trailer 1 Tip To open a revision in a new window Cmd click it Last updated Sep 3 2014 CinePlay User Manual 12 Kollaborate Synced Sessions CinePlay can join Synced Sessions controlled by others This allows another team member on your project to control your playhead To begin Someone on your project will need to first create a synced session from the Sessions page of the web interface and invite you to it In CinePlay go to File gt Join Synced Session Select the project and then double click the synced session to join it If you don t see any sessions make sure your colleague has invited you e090 Kollaborate Synced Sessions Project Private Test Project a Session Title Owner Session 21 Jul 2014 07 12 51 Jon Chappell A player will appear It may not yet display video if the user has not chosen a video to play back When they choose a video it will appear on your screen Because you are not controlli
14. us Marker buttons or the Up Down Arrow keyboard shortcuts to switch between markers during playback When hovering over a marker Shows a popup with the marker s textual content if you hover over the marker s icon Last updated Sep 3 2014 CinePlay User Manual 22 Safe Areas Title and action safe areas can be customized to meet broadcast requirements Use the text fields to set the required distance from the edge of frame as a percentage in both horizontal and vertical dimensions The defaults are 10 each for title safe and 5 each for action safe Preferences Horizontal distance from edge Vertical distance from edge Action Safe Horizontal distance from edge Vertical distance from edge Last updated Sep 3 2014 CinePlay User Manual 23 Registration There are two options for registering CinePlay which can be accessed from the Help gt Register menu Kollaborate integration is free in CinePlay so you can unlock cloud functionality permanently without needing to create an account on our site In this mode however CinePlay will only open Kollaborate videos and cannot be used to open files stored locally on your computer The full version uses an online registration system When purchasing the app you will be prompted to create an account at hitps www digitalrebellion com account and can use your account email address and password to register CinePlay Initial registration will require an internet con
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